NGC2264 (Cone Nebula Region)
An experiment in wide-field portable imaging, using color cameras.
Equipment:
Refractor, 71 mm aperture, 350 mm focal length
Canon EOS60Da, QSI683 and Fuji X-T1
IDAS LPS-D1 filter, RGB filters
Avalon Linear Mount, T-Pod
SX Superstar guide camera, 60-mm guide scope
Software: (Windows 10)
Sequence Generator Pro, ASCOM drivers
PHD2 autoguider software
PixInsight (Mac OS) / Nebulosity 4
Exposure (color and RGB) 3.75 hours for each system_
(Canon / Fuji) 150 × 90 seconds @ ISO 800
(QSI) RGB filters bin 1; 15 × 300 seconds each
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