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M83 Southern Pinwheel Galaxy
Last night conditions were excellent on the South Coast NSW after some cloud cleared around 9pm and provided a 3 hour window to image before the cloud hit again
Captured M83 for the first time in over a year
NexDome Obs
No moon
No dew
Bortle 3/4
8” f5 GSO Newt
EQ6-R mount
ZWOASI2600MC Gain 0 cooled to -10C
No filter ( just internal UV/ IR cut protective window )
EAF
Baader MPCC Mk3 coma corrector
Orion 60mm guide scope with ZWOASI120MM-3
29 x 4 min dithered guided subs
40 x Flats
50 x Bias
EQMOD and Ascom Stellarium
APT
PHD2 Multistar guiding ( total error 0.60 arc sec ) rock solid guiding for the whole session
Stacked in DSS
Processed in Startools V1.7 OSC linear data set
Would have liked another hour or two of data but not to be
Original frame
Crop version
Comments welcome
Thanks
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