BEHIND THE IMAGE
Notes from the session
Image:
39x 600s 6nm H-α
41x 600s 6nm O-III
Total integration 13 hours 20 minutes. Focal length: 840mm
Hardware:
Skywatcher Esprit 120ED
Skywatcher 120ED field flattener
Skywatcher EQ8-Rh mount
QSI 683-ws8 Camera @ -15°C
Astronomik 6nm H-α, 6nm O-III filters
Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2 Autoguider
Starlight Instruments Posi-drive focuser
Location:
Exposed over 7 nights between 8th July to 30th July 2022
Orange zone in Brisbane, Australia. (Bortle 7)
Software:
Planning & camera alignment with Aladin 10
Captured with TheSkyX Professional
Guiding with PHD2
PixInsight: Calibrate, align, integrate, dymanic background extraction, HOO combination, noise reduction, star removal and re-combined as greyscale, histogram, curves, crop.
39x 600s 6nm H-α
41x 600s 6nm O-III
Total integration 13 hours 20 minutes. Focal length: 840mm
Hardware:
Skywatcher Esprit 120ED
Skywatcher 120ED field flattener
Skywatcher EQ8-Rh mount
QSI 683-ws8 Camera @ -15°C
Astronomik 6nm H-α, 6nm O-III filters
Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2 Autoguider
Starlight Instruments Posi-drive focuser
Location:
Exposed over 7 nights between 8th July to 30th July 2022
Orange zone in Brisbane, Australia. (Bortle 7)
Software:
Planning & camera alignment with Aladin 10
Captured with TheSkyX Professional
Guiding with PHD2
PixInsight: Calibrate, align, integrate, dymanic background extraction, HOO combination, noise reduction, star removal and re-combined as greyscale, histogram, curves, crop.