And again a good night with no clouds and a very clear sight.
I did not use the guiding camera, because I am not certain, if this will do correctly.
Today's Conditions |
: | Clear sky, Temp -1°C => +4°C, ~65..75% humidity, very clear, good down to mediocre seeing, no wind. |
For all images
Instrument | : | Omegon Pro APO Triplet ED FCD-100 d=85 f=510mm Apochromat (f=1/6) |
Software | : | N.I.N.A, SharpCap, PHD Guiding, SIRIL, etc |
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M94 (NGC 4736) GalaxyMore information (German Link) Wikipedia : M 94 |
Date - Time : 19 March 2025 - from 18:46 UT+ |
Image Data: Camera=Omegon veTec 533 C | ROI=Full Frame 3008x3008 | Filter=built-in IR Cut | 90* 120s = 180 min = 3h 00min | Gain=256 | Offset=150 Recorded in FITS format with correct colours again |
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M102 (NGC 5866) GalaxyMore information (German Link) Wikipedia : M 102 |
Date - Time : 19 March 2025 - from 21:47 UT+ |
Image Data: Camera=Omegon veTec 533 C | ROI=Full Frame 3008x3008 | Filter=built-in IR Cut | 105* 120s = 210 min = 3h 30min | Gain=256 | Offset=150 Recorded in FITS format with correct colours again |
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M92 (NGC 6341) Global ClusterMore information (German Link) Wikipedia : M 92 |
Date - Time : 20 March 2025 - from 01:20 UT+ |
Image Data: Camera=Omegon veTec 533 C | ROI=Full Frame 3008x3008 | Filter=built-in IR Cut | 74* 120s = 148 min = 2h 28min | Gain=256 | Offset=150 Recorded in FITS format with correct colours again |
Optics : Omegon Pro APO Triplet ED FCD-100 d=85 f=510mm Apochromat (f=1/6) : Intes MK-67 Maksutov Type Reflector d=150mm f=1800mm (f=1/12) Camera : Omegon veTec 533 C Colour CMOS Camera with IMX533 square 9MP sensor 3,75µm pixels : QHY 5III715C Colour CMOS IMX715 8,2MP sensor 1,45um pixels high speed : NIKON D7000 DSLR unmodified (from 2011) : The Imaging Source DMK21AU4.AS monochrome USB highspeed camera : Panasonic LUMIX G110 MFT System (from 2021) Filter : IR/UV Cut, Astronomik H-Alpha, Astronomik LRGB set + filter drawer add. optics : ED 2x Barlow lens, eyepiece projection : 35mm, 50mm, 135mm and 200mm NIKON lenses available : 2.8/60mm Sigma, 12 .. 60mm Leica for MFT system Mount : VIXEN GP Highspeed Step Motors (Non Vixen Motors) Controller : EQStar Pro (System from Astro Gadget / Ukraine - since May 2023) Guiding : PHD2 Aquisition : DELL Notebooks (Windows 10 & Windows 11), SharpCap, FireCapture and others Image Processing : DeepSkyStacker, Siril, Gimp and others latest list update : March 2025