Hi all..
Well... To kick off the imaging with the ST8300 and the 80/480, I thought I'd pick a fairly rarely imaged target.. I've only seen 3 or 4 shots of this posted on the forums before, and to my recollection, none as wide as this..
This pic has a bit of everything, dark nebs, emission nebs, star clusters, vDB-h Objects, HMSTG objects..
Heres the details...
Taken from :
25km North of Brisbane CBD.
Field centered around :
RA - 11hr
Dec - -61°
Objects Within the FOV.
NGC 3576
NGC 3584
NGC 3581
NGC 3582
NGC 3566
NGC 3579
NGC 3590
NGC 3572
RCW57e
RCW57w
HMSTG348
HMSTG399
HMSTG 343
HMSTG 345
vdB-h47a
vdB-h47b
vdB-h47c
The bright star (Top Center) is mag 4.56 - HIP54751
Center of this FOV lies 3° 57" SE of Eta Carine.
Image Scale : 2.32" Arc Seconds Pixel
Field Of View : 96.7 x 128.5 Arc Minutes
Acquisition details.
LRGB Mapped as L+R : R : G : B (240+15 : 15 : 15 : 15)
All 5 minute subs, RGB binned 2x2..
15x5m darks (B1 and B2)
10 flats (B1 and B2)
Equipment:
TMB/LOMO 80mm F/6
ST8300M @ -10C
FLI CFW 2-7
Astrodon I series LRGB filters
HEQ5 Pro
QHY5 + OAG Guiding.
Full field of view - 50% resolution - 3mb
Full field of view - Small - 256kb
Thanks for looking and reading my novel..
Alex.