Saturday, May 25, 2024

M27 Dumbbell






M27 Dumbbell

Akule CCD Equipment H/W
* Type: Custom Home Built Newtonian (https://astromikephillips.wixsite.com/home/mikesastronomyequipment)

* Aperture: 35.6cm (14")

* Focal Ratio: f/4.5 + 5x TeleVue Powermate at 0.078"/px | 9,109mm EFL

* Primary Mirror: Carl Zambuto 14" f/4.5

* Mount: iOptron CEM-120

* Imaging Camera: SBIG STF-8300M (monochrome)

** Pixel scale:1.34 arcsec/pixel

* Color Filter Wheel: Starlight Xpress 7 Position 1.25" Carousel for Starlight Xpress USB Filter Wheel

* Filters: Baader Planetarium LRGB Telescope Filter Set, Baader H-Alpha 7nm Narrowband Filter

* Guiding: Teleskop-Service TS9-OAG off axis guider

* Guide Camera: ZWO ASI-290M


Akule CCD Processing S/W

* OS: Lenovo T470s - Win10

* Acquisition: NINA Advanced Sequence

** Exposures:
L= 9 x 5m   | R= 3 x 5m
G=  2 x 5m   | B=   3 x 5m
Total = 85min
     1h : 25m

* Processing: DeepSkyStacker -> PhotoShop -> Gimp



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