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Old 19-10-2019, 09:49 PM
Startrek (Martin)
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NGC 292 Small Magellanic Cloud

Captured a major part of the Small Magellanic Cloud for the first time last night under a 80% waning moon
Didn’t realise how many small star clusters and bright stars are spread throughout this huge cloud of stars

32 x 90sec dithered guided subs
15 x darks
Canon 600D with Baader coma corrector ( no filters )
Home made cooling fan kept the Canon sensor temperature down to 21 degrees
ISO 800
6” f6 Bintel newt on a HEQ5 mount
PHD2 guiding around 1.50 arc sec error
Stacked in DSS
Processed in Startools

Thanks for looking , comments welcome
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