Hercules staring back at a blue moon...

Hercules staring back at a blue moon... Aug 21, 2024 133 views2644×234213.08 MB

Georg G Albrecht

In 9 groups

Backyard

My summer lookout, Palm Springs (CA), US

Bortle

Her

16h 41m 41s · +36° 27′ 36″

0.47°

0.95″/px

-0.19°N

Integration

LP	60×60″	1h	19 Aug 2024	100%
R	30×60″	30′	19 Aug 2024	100%
G	30×60″	30′	19 Aug 2024	100%
B	27×60″	27′	19 Aug 2024	100%
Totals		2h 27′	19 Aug 2024	100%

LP	60×60″=1h
19 Aug 2024	100%

R	30×60″=30′
19 Aug 2024	100%

G	30×60″=30′
19 Aug 2024	100%

B	27×60″=27′
19 Aug 2024	100%

Totals	2h 27′
19 Aug 2024	100%

Imaging equipment

Telescope	Orion Optics UKCT8
Camera	ZWOASI294MM Pro
Mounts	iOptronCEM70EC iOptronTri-Pier
Filters	OptolongBlue 36 mm OptolongGreen 36 mm OptolongL-Pro 2" OptolongRed 36 mm
Accessories	Catseye CollimationCATSEYE Collimation System Dark Sky GeekOAG Focuser MoonLiteCR 2 inch Format Newtonian Focuser Pegasus AstroPowerbox Advance Gen2 Tele VueParacorr ZWOEFW 7 x 36mm ZWOOAG-L
Software	Cranfield / PayneGeneralized Hyperbolic Stretching (GHS) Module/Script Open PHD Guiding ProjectPHD2 Pleiades AstrophotoPixInsight Russell Croman AstrophotographyBlurXTerminator Russell Croman AstrophotographyNoiseXTerminator Russell Croman AstrophotographyStarXTerminator Stefan BergNighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy (N.I.N.A. / NINA) Tom PalmerTarget Scheduler

Guiding equipment

Guiding optics	Orion Optics UKCT8
Guiding camera	ZWOASI220MM Mini

Objects

Hercules Globular Cluster M 13 NGC 6205 IC 4617

Description

Taken the night of full moon as an experiment to check on stray light in the tube and light leaks coming from the back of primary mirror.
Had to crop in to get rid of a halo and washed out corners.

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