Due to unfavorable weather conditions, I seized several opportunities during brief clear sky periods.

High humidity proved to be the primary challenge, necessitating the discarding of over half of the acquired data .

 

Acquisition

 

Dates

  • July 5, 2024

Acquisition Details

  • Integration: 8h 25′
  • Avg. Moon age: 29.08 days
  • Avg. Moon phase: 0.23%
  • RA center: 20h00m28s.97
  • DEC center: +35°17′47″.5
  • Pixel scale: 1.058 arcsec/pixel
  • Orientation: 0.311 degrees
  • Field radius: 0.990 degrees

Frames

  • Optolong Blue 36 mm: 27×300″(2h 15′)
  • Optolong Green 36 mm: 38×300″(3h 10′)
  • Optolong H-alpha 7nm 1.25″: 9×300″(45′)
  • Optolong OIII 6.5nm 36 mm: 12×300″(1h)
  • Optolong Red 36 mm: 15×300″(1h 15′)

 

Equipment

Equipment and software used to capture and render this image.

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses:

  • Astro-Physics StarFire GTX 110mm f/6

Imaging Cameras:

  • ZWO ASI2600MM Pro

Mounts:

  • Astro-Physics Mach1 GTO

Filters:

  • Optolong Blue 36 mm · Optolong Green 36 mm · Optolong H-alpha 7nm 1.25″ · Optolong OIII 6.5nm 36 mm · Optolong Red 36 mm

Accessories:

  • Pegasus Astro Ultimate Powerbox 3
  • ZWO OAG-L

Software:

  • Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight
  • Starkeeper Voyager Advanced

Guiding Telescopes Or Lenses

  • Astro-Physics StarFire GTX 110mm f/6

Guiding Cameras:

  • QHYCCD QHY5L-II M