NGC 1272 and a field of galaxies

Contains: IC 310 · IC 312 · IC 313 · NGC 1260 · NGC 1265 · NGC 1267 · NGC 1272 · NGC 1275 · NGC 1278 · NGC 1282 · Perseus A

 

On a small screen the galaxies are most likely lost. Even on a large screen they are still rather small, but there are a lot of them!

 

This was captured back in fire season and the smoke was limited the transparency, but the atmosphere was very stable.

 

Equipment

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses

Apertura 6" f/5 Imaging Newtonian

Imaging Cameras

Canon EOS 550D / Rebel T2i / Kiss X4 (modified)

Mounts

Meade LX70

Filters

Baader Neodymium Moon & Skyglow 2"

Accessories

GSO 2" Photo-Visual Coma Corrector · OnStep Telescope Mount Goto Controller

Software

Adobe Photoshop · Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP)

 

 

 

Acquisition details

Dates:

Sept. 24, 2022

Frames:

169×60″(2h 49′)

Integration:

2h 49′

Avg. Moon age:

28.14 days

Avg. Moon phase:

2.18%

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 6837782

 

RA center: 03h19m15s.4

 

DEC center: +41°33′03″

 

Pixel scale: 1.047 arcsec/pixel

 

Orientation: 259.775 degrees

 

Field radius: 0.809 degrees

 

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Resolution: 4629x3081

 

File size: 13.9 MB

 

Data source: Backyard

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