By Chuck’s Astrophotography
2017.10.1
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I am keeping busy lately. I’ve completed work on the Cygnus Wall (part of the North American Nebula – NGC 7000). I also finished NGC 7822 and captured Ha on the California Nebula (NGC 1499). I’m still using my new refractor. Here is more info:
Targets:
Cygnus Wall (NGC 7000)
NGC 7822
California Nebula (NGC 1499)
Imaging Telescope:
Explore Scientific 127mm ED Refractor (952 focal length)
Mount:
Celestron CGX
Imaging Camera:
ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Target: Cygnus Wall
Ha=80x180s
OIII=60x120s
SII=40x180s
Total Time: 8 hours
Target: NGC 7822
Ha=80x180s
OIII=150x120s
SII=75x180s
Total Time: 12.8 hours
Target: California Nebula
Ha=81x180s
Total Time: 4 hours
Gain: 139, Offset: 21
Guide scope:
Orion ST80
Guide Camera:
Lodestar X2
Guide Software:
PHD2
Calibration Frames:
Darks: 50, Bias: 50, Flats: 50
Capture software:
Sequence Generator Pro (SGP)
Stacking software:
PixInsight
Post Processing:
PixInsight
Dew Shield, Dew Heater Strip
Astrobin (Cygnus Wall): http://astrob.in/314990/B/
Astrobin (NGC 7822): http://astrob.in/314810/B/
Astrobin (California Nebula): http://astrob.in/314923/0/