Pinwheel Galaxy, a long night
Askar FRA400ZWO ASI533MC Pro4.9 hBortle 4–5
Description
Demo picture: Image: European Space Agency & NASA Acknowledgements: Project Investigators for the original Hubble data: K.D. Kuntz (GSFC), F. Bresolin (University of Hawaii), J. Trauger (JPL), J. Mould (NOAO), and Y.-H. Chu (University of Illinois, Urbana) Image processing: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble) CFHT image: Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope/J.-C. Cuillandre/Coelum NOAO image: George Jacoby, Bruce Bohannan, Mark Hanna/NOAO/AURA/NSF (ESA/Hubble, CC BY 4.0, https://esahubble.org/images/heic0602a/).
Session
- Total integration
- 4 h 55 min
- Sky darkness
- Bortle 4–5
- Dates
- 21 Oct 20261 night
- TelescopeAskar FRA400
- CameraZWO ASI533MC Pro
- Optics400 mm f/5.6 · 72 mm aperture
- MountSky-Watcher HEQ5 Pro · Equatorial
| Filter | Exposure | Frames | Total (h:mm) |
|---|---|---|---|
| UV/IR cutbroadband | 300 s | 59 | 4:55 |
Processing
- Tools
- PixInsight, NoiseXTerminator
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