Triplet in Virgo - NGC 5566/5560&5569

Imaged from Nova Scotia, Spring 2017

Wikipedia Link for NGC 5566

 

Data
Altitude at culmination 49°
Minimum Airmass Value (sec z) 1.3
Mean FWHM 3.3 arc-s
Taking Camera SBIG STL-11002XM Nova Scotia Spring 2017, ~mag 6.4 - no moon @-20C
Imaging OTA AGO 14.5" iDK
Equivalent focal length and ratio 2465mm @ f/6.7
Mount Astro-Physics 1600GTO
Guiding PHD2/ONAG/Lodestar X-2
LRGB Total Integration Time 16hrs R18x10 min, G18x10 min, B18x10 min, Lum-23x10min,Astrodon Gen 2 I series Filters. All Binned 1X1
Acquisition Main Sequence Software-Sequence Generator Pro
Calibration and Stacking Darks, Flats and Bias - Stacked and calibrated with PixInsight
Reprocessed Jan 2023 PixInsight, Affinity Photo v.2.03 and Bob Franke's CCDBand-Aid

 

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