moyers_astro
M94 LRGB
Target:M94, Croc's Eye Galaxy, spiral galaxy, Canes Venatici, 16 million light years away.
Location:23-04-2022, Aberdaron, North Wales, Bortle 2, No Moon, wind gusts.
Acquisition:30x 120s Red, 26x 120s Green, 24x 120s Blue, 51x 120s Lum. Calibrated with Darks, Dark Flats, Flats. Total integration 4.4 hours.
Equipment:Skywatcher 200P, HEQ5pro, Altair H183Mpro. ZWO EFWmini and LRGB. Baader MPCC MkIII Coma Corrector.
Guiding:Skywatcher 9x50 Finder with 2x barlow and Altai GPCAMAR0130M.
Software:NINA, PHD2, EQMOD.
Processing:Affinity Photo, Siril, StarXTerminator, Topaz DeNoise AI.
Memories:Wind gusts affecting guiding and a disconected power cable to my 7 port USB3 hub on the OTA caused banding on the subframes meaning only moderate stretching of the data was possible.
M94 LRGB
Target:M94, Croc's Eye Galaxy, spiral galaxy, Canes Venatici, 16 million light years away.
Location:23-04-2022, Aberdaron, North Wales, Bortle 2, No Moon, wind gusts.
Acquisition:30x 120s Red, 26x 120s Green, 24x 120s Blue, 51x 120s Lum. Calibrated with Darks, Dark Flats, Flats. Total integration 4.4 hours.
Equipment:Skywatcher 200P, HEQ5pro, Altair H183Mpro. ZWO EFWmini and LRGB. Baader MPCC MkIII Coma Corrector.
Guiding:Skywatcher 9x50 Finder with 2x barlow and Altai GPCAMAR0130M.
Software:NINA, PHD2, EQMOD.
Processing:Affinity Photo, Siril, StarXTerminator, Topaz DeNoise AI.
Memories:Wind gusts affecting guiding and a disconected power cable to my 7 port USB3 hub on the OTA caused banding on the subframes meaning only moderate stretching of the data was possible.