M42 – Orion Nebula

2016-01-16 Peter Folkesson Leave a comment

2016-01-05 19:30-03:00
Some low clouds and ice crystals, no wind, -10 degrees C
M42
Exposures:
6x480s+11x240s+10x60s+11x30s+10x15s LIGHT

2016-01-13 21:00-23:00
Clear, turbulent, low clouds, no wind, -11 degrees C
M42
Exposures:
8x300s LIGHT

2016-01-14 20:00-00:00
Clear, setting moon, no wind, -13 degrees C
M42
Exposures:
2x480s+18x300s+12x240s LIGHT

Total:
8x480s+26x300s+23x240s+10x60s+11x30s+10x15s LIGHT
79x480s DARK
200 BIAS

Camera: Canon EOS-600Da, IDAS LPS-P2, ISO800
Lens: Sky-Watcher Esprit 80ED + Sky-Watcher field flattener
Mount: HEQ5 Pro
Skywatcher SynGuider auto guider and Celestron 80mm guide scope
Software: BackyardEOS, PixInsight, Photoshop

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IC434 – Horsehead Nebula

2016-01-12 Peter Folkesson Leave a comment

2016-01-06 20:30-01:00
Clear, no wind, -12 degrees C

IC434
Exposures:
35x300s+18x240s+2x120s LIGHT

2016-02-26 19:30-22:30
Clear, no wind, rising moon, -3 degrees C

IC434
Exposures:
2x120s+14x300s+12x480s LIGHT

Total
12x480s+49x300s+18x240s+4x120s
303x480s DARK
200 BIAS

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Heart and Soul Nebulae

2016-01-01 Peter Folkesson Leave a comment

Testing the PixInsight GradientMergeMosaic tool.

IC1848:
2014-04-03 22:00-05:00 (2 hours lost due to a combination of hardware and software problems)
Clear, moon at the horizon, no wind, 0 degrees C
Exposures:
8x480s LIGHT
28x480s DARK
200 BIAS

IC1805:
2015-12-13 17:30-21:00 (2 hours lost due to Canon driver issue with Windows 10 and USB 3.0 setting in VMWare Fusion 8.1.0)
Some low clouds followed by fog, no wind, -3 degrees C
Exposures:
9x480s LIGHT
60x480s DARK
200 BIAS

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Monthly Archives: January 2016

M42 – Orion Nebula

IC434 – Horsehead Nebula

Heart and Soul Nebulae

Peter Folkesson's astrophotos