C27 (Crescent Nebula) in Narrowband
A first-light experience of an incredible nebula, using new imaging equipment and software.
Equipment:
Refractor, 132 mm aperture, 928 mm focal length
TMB Flattener 68
QSI683 (Kodak KAF8300 sensor)
QSI 8-position filter wheel and off-axis guider
Starlight Xpress Lodestar (guide camera)
Paramount MX mount, Berlebach tripod
USB over Cat5 cable extender and interface box
Software: (Windows 7)
Sequence Generator Pro, PHD2, TheSkyX, AstroPlanner
PixInsight (Mac OSX)
Exposure: (Hα OIII, RGB)
Hα, OIII bin 1; 12 × 1,200 seconds each
RGB bin 1; 10 × 300 seconds each
This faint nebula was my real first-light experience of my upgraded imaging equipment and software, using Sequence Generator Pro (SGP) ...
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