Description

Last summer I start using my new telescope, the TS-Optics 8″ Ritchey-Chrétien Pro RC. Too many new things for me. I learning how to collimate the scope, long focal length (1624mm) needs better guiding etc.  This is one of the targets I capture last summer.

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Equipment

Imaging Telescopes: Telescope Service 8″ Ritchey-Chrétien 203/1624 mm
Imaging Cameras: ZWO ASI1600MM COOL
Mounts: Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro
Filters: ZWO S2 36mm 7nm · ZWO O3 36mm 7nm · ZWO H-Alpha
Accessories: Pegasus Astro Prodigy Microfocuser · Pegasus Astro Scops OAG
Software: Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight · Topaz Labs DeNoise AI · N.I.N.A. · Photoshop · PHD2
Guiding Telescopes: Telescope Service 8″ Ritchey-Chrétien 203/1624 mm
Guiding Cameras: ZWO ASI1600MM COOL

Acquisition details

Dates: Oct. 1, 2021 · Oct. 2, 2021 · Oct. 3, 2021 · Oct. 5, 2021
Frames:
ZWO H-Alpha: 52×300″(4h 20′) (gain: 139.00) -10°C bin 1×1
ZWO O3 36mm 7nm: 27×300″(2h 15′) (gain: 139.00) -10°C bin 1×1
ZWO S2 36mm 7nm: 33×300″(2h 45′) (gain: 139.00) -10°C bin 1×1
Integration: 9h 20′
Darks: 15
Flats: 15
Flat darks: 15
Avg. Moon age: 26.14 days
Avg. Moon phase: 14.46%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 8.00
RA center: 20h51m11s.960
DEC center: +44°23′55″.85
Pixel scale: 0.484 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 106.738 degrees
Field radius: 0.336 degrees
Resolution: 3325×3744
File size: 6.7 MB
Locations: Home Roof, Ialysos, Rhodes, Greece
Data source: Backyard