NGC 5053 in Coma Berenices
Imaged from Nova Scotia, Spring 2020
RGB Combination
Data
Altitude at culmination 63°
Minimum Airmass Value (sec z) 1.1
Mean FWHM 2.1arc-s
Taking Camera SBIG STL-11002XM
Nova Scotia Fall, 2020, ~mag 6.4 - @-20C
Imaging OTA
AG Optics iDK 14.5"
Equivalent focal length and ratio
2465mm f/6.7
Mount
Astro-Physics 1600GTO
Guiding
PHD2/ONAG-XM/Lodestar X-2
RGB Total Integration Time 6hrs
R-12x10 min, G-12x10 min, B-12x10 min-Astrodon Gen 2 I series. Binned 1X1
Acquisition
Main Sequence Software-Sequence Generator Pro
Calibration and Stacking
Darks, Flats and Bias - Stacked and calibrated with PixInsight
Reprocessed Mar 2023
PixInsight, Affinity Photo v.2.04 and Bob Franke's CCDBand-Aid
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