Messier 76- 2022

A couple years since my last attempt and I am reminded how small this is and difficult to get any detail, but a somewhat better attempt than last time.

 

LHO, color mapped HOO

 

Equipment

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses

Celestron EdgeHD 8" · Meade Starfinder 8 f/6 Newtonian OTA

Imaging Cameras

QHYCCD QHY163M · ZWO ASI1600MM

Mounts

Losmandy GM8 / GM8G · Vixen GPDX

Filters

Astronomik H-alpha CCD 12nm 2" · Baader Neodymium Moon & Skyglow 2" · SVBony OIII 7nm 2"

Accessories

Baader 2" MPCC Mark III Newton Coma Corrector (2458400A) · Celestron 0.7X Reducer EdgeHD800 (94242) · OnStep Telescope Mount Goto Controller

Software

Adobe Photoshop · Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP) · Open PHD Guiding Project PHD2 · Stefan Berg Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy (N.I.N.A. / NINA)

 

 

Acquisition details

Dates:

Aug. 8, 2022 · Aug. 9, 2022

Frames:

Astronomik H-alpha CCD 12nm 2": 140×120″(4h 40′) bin 2×2

Baader Neodymium Moon & Skyglow 2": 141×120″(4h 42′) bin 2×2

Baader Neodymium Moon & Skyglow 2": 163×120″(5h 26′) -10°C bin 2×2

SVBony OIII 7nm 2": 69×120″(2h 18′) bin 2×2

Integration:

17h 6′

Darks:

100

Bias:

100

Avg. Moon age:

11.24 days

Avg. Moon phase:

86.30%

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 6881484

 

RA center: 01h42m47s.8

 

DEC center: +51°34′40″

 

Pixel scale: 0.641 arcsec/pixel

 

Orientation: 94.769 degrees

 

Field radius: 0.396 degrees

 

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Resolution: 2636x3584

 

File size: 8.6 MB

 

Data source: Backyard

Done