Michael A. Stecker
mastecker@gmail.com




 

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IC 1318 in Cygnus
An emission nebula of red glowing hydrogen gas near the bright star Gamma Cygnus (aka: Sadr) at the lower left.
Segment IC 1318C is at the bottom and IC1318B near the top.  IC 1318A is above-right and out of this field of view.
file: IC1318C- nB180sX20-P2AP130f4d7L-eNh-9122023b2.jpg

Photographic Data
telescope:
Astro-Physics 130 mm (5.1-inch) f/6 triplet refractor focally reduced to f/4.7 (FL= 616 mm)
 
mount:
ZWO AM5 harmonic/strainwave
Mount Guide Settings in Asiair Plus:
Calibrate Step: 1,000 ms
Dec Duration: 600 ms
RA Duration: 400 ms
Aggression: 50% for both RA & Dec
Exposure time for guiding: 1 second
Guiding Gain set at about 300

controller/computer
ZWO Asiair Plus via WiFi to Samsung S7+ tablet

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imaging camera:
ZWO ASI2600MC Duo one-shot color astro-camera with guide sensor cooled to 14-degrees F with Optolong L-eNhanced nebular filter

guiding:
Mini 220 guide sensor on ZWO ASI 2600MC Duo camera
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exposures:
180 seconds X 20 (60-minutes)
 
processing
Stacked in Asiair Plus and cropped and post-processed in Adobe Photoshop Elements
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photographic site:
West Los Angeles
http://mstecker.com/pages/chhouses_fp.htm
(Bortle 9 light polluted sky)