A superb night but with the Moon also.
Used guiding, but Rightascension only
Today's Conditions |
: | Clear sky, Temp +3°C ~ +7°C, ~65..80% humidity, very clear, good down to mediocre seeing, no wind. |
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NGC4565 GalaxyMore information (German Link) Wikipedia : NGC_4565 |
Date - Time : 2 April 2025 - from 19:17 UT+ |
Image Data: Camera=Omegon veTec 533 C | ROI=Full Frame 3008x3008 | Filter=built-in IR Cut | 89* 120s = 178 min = 2h 58min | Gain=256 | Offset=150 Omegon Pro APO Triplet ED FCD-100 d=85 f=510mm Apochromat (f=1/6) | FOV (Field of View) ~ 76'*76' (Arcmin) I am pleased with this image |
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NGC5981/5982/5985 Galaxy Trio Holm 719More information (German Link) Wikipedia : NGC_5982 |
Date - Time : 2 April 2025 - from 19:17 UT+ |
Image Data: Camera=Omegon veTec 533 C | ROI=Full Frame 3008x3008 | Filter=built-in IR Cut | 119* 120s = 238 min = 3h 58min | Gain=256 | Offset=150 Omegon Pro APO Triplet ED FCD-100 d=85 f=510mm Apochromat (f=1/6) | FOV (Field of View) ~ 76'*76' (Arcmin) Those galaxies are a bit small for my scope already... |
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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