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Old 13-10-2021, 09:50 PM
Mickoid (Michael)
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Sculptor Galaxy under Melbourne skies

I took this on Monday night from Bortle 6 skies in outer Melbourne with a waxing crescent moon in the west. Using a ZWOASI120mms, the SW Esprit 100 framed this nicely on the tiny sensor but some cloud and scope balancing issues meant quite a few subs were discarded. I ended up with just under 90mins of integration time with only 18 unguided subs each through the LRGB filters. Exposures ranged from 60 to 70 seconds with darks but no flats. This sensor crops the field of view so much, there was little point using a field flattener. There's obviously a far bit of noise and gradient issues due to the lack of data but with bad weather approaching and an early start for work the next day, it was all I could manage for the night.
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