Wide Field Centered on Sharpless2-115 in Cygnus
Bright star spreading glare into lower RHS corner is Deneb. Imaged from Nova Scotia, Summer, 2021
HaRGB Combination
Data
Altitude at culmination 89°
Minimum Airmass Value (sec z) 1.0
Taking Camera SBIG STL-11002XM
Nova Scotia Summer, 2017, ~mag 6.4 - @-20C
Imaging OTA
Takahashi FSQ106EDXIII withQE Reducer
Equivalent focal length and ratio
385mm f/3.6
Mount
Astro-Physics 1600GTO
Guiding
PHD2/MMOAG/Lodestar X-2
HaRGB Total integration time 5hrs 15mins
Ha 9X15min, R-12x5 min, G-12x5 min, B-12x5 min-Astrodon 5nm Ha and Gen 2 I series RGB Filters. Binned 1X1
Acquisition
Main Sequence Software-Sequence Generator Pro
Calibration and Stacking
Darks, Flats and Bias - Stacked and calibrated with PixInsight
Reprocessed Feb 2023
PixInsight, Affinity Photo v.2.04 and Bob Franke's CCDBand-Aid
Annotated Frame
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