The Pacman Nebula - in Cassiopeia - NGC281
Imaged from Nova Scotia, Fall, 2017
Link to full size image. 3954 x 3993px-2.5MB
HaLRGB Combination Image-2 Panel Mosaic
Data
Altitude at culmination 78°
Minimum Airmass Value (sec z) 1.0
Taking Camera SBIG STL-11002XM
Nova Scotia Fall, 2017, ~mag 6.4 - @-20C
Imaging OTA
14.5" AGO iDK
Equivalent focal length and ratio
2465 f/6.7
Mount
Astro-Physics 1600GTO
Guiding
PHD2/ONAG-XM/Lodestar X-2
HaLRGB - 2 panels. Total integration time 15hours/panel
Each panel: Ha 18x30min - Astrodon 5nm Ha Filter, LRGB 9X10min each 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
Processed
PixInsight, Adobe Photoshop CS4 and Bob Franke's CCDBand-Aid
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