M97 - AstroBin

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M97

John Travis

In 4 groups

Backyard

Home , Huntsville (Alabama), US

Bortle

UMa

11h 14m 47s · +55° 0′ 54″

0.60°

1.10″/px

317.16°N

Integration

OIII	58×180″	2h 54′	29 Apr 2018
Hα	55×180″	2h 45′	29 Apr 2018
ZWO Blue Filter Optimized for ASI1600	45×75″	56′ 15″	29 Apr 2018
ZWO Green Filter Optimized for ASI1600	45×75″	56′ 15″	29 Apr 2018
ZWO Red Filter Optimized for ASI1600	45×75″	56′ 15″	29 Apr 2018
Totals		8h 27′ 45″	29 Apr 2018	100%

OIII	58×180″=2h 54′
29 Apr 2018

Hα	55×180″=2h 45′
29 Apr 2018

ZWO Blue Filter Optimized for ASI1600	45×75″=56′ 15″
29 Apr 2018

ZWO Green Filter Optimized for ASI1600	45×75″=56′ 15″
29 Apr 2018

ZWO Red Filter Optimized for ASI1600	45×75″=56′ 15″
29 Apr 2018

Totals	8h 27′ 45″
29 Apr 2018	100%

Imaging equipment

Optics	William Optics William Optics 102 mm Golden GT Triplet
Camera	ZWOASI1600MM COOL
Mount	Losmandy G11 Gemini 2 G11
Filters	null Baader OIII 8.5nm 1.25" Baader Planetarium Baader H-Alpha 1,25" 7nm CCD ZWO Blue Filter Optimized for ASI1600 ZWO Green Filter Optimized for ASI1600 ZWO Red Filter Optimized for ASI1600
Accessory	QHYCCD PoleMaster Polar Scope
Focus reducer	Astro-Tech 2" Field flattener
Software	Pleiades AstrophotoPixInsight
Software	null Astro Pixel Processor APP null Adobe Photoshop CC null Seqence Generator Pro PHD2 Guiding

Guiding equipment

Guiding optics	Agenastro Agena 60mm f/4 Precision Straight-Through Finder / Guide Scope with Helical Focuser
Guiding camera	QHYCCDQHY5L-II M

Objects

Owl nebula M 97 NGC 3587

Description

M97 captured in Ha & OIII with RGB stars.

Ha & OIII data imaged at 200 Gain and 50 Offset.

RGB data imaged at Gain 75 and 15 Offset.

Had a clear night during the full moon so I went for M97 as it was pretty much the only bright narrowband object in the sky at the time. It sure would have been nice to have had a longer focal length scope for this target though!

Thanks for looking!

Revision: B

Published May 8, 2018, 1:09:23 AM

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