Monday, October 24, 2022

Quick M31 from a Public Observing Session!

I decided to collect some data on M31 while doing a public observing session for Boothe Memorial Astronomical Society the other night. I had my portable setup which consists of the ASIAIR, Atlas Mount, ASI2600MC, and Canon 200mm Lens and was bouncing around to various objects when I stopped here for a bit. Boothe Park is located in Stratford which is not known for astronomical imaging given its Bortle 7 skies but I imaged anyway. I think it came out pretty well using what had. I collected 40 minutes using the UV-IR filter and 30 minutes using the NBZ filter in an effort to get some Ha but probably would have been better just collecting more regular data. 

M31, M32, and M110
Dates: 10-21-22
Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC-Pro
Telescope: Canon EF 200mm f/2.8L II USM Lens
Barlow: None
Focal Length: 200mm
f/4 with stepdown rings
Focal Reducer: None
Mount: Orion Atlas Pro
Filter Wheel/Drawer: ZWO EOS Filter Drawer
Filter: Baader UV-IR, IDAS Nebula Booster NBZ Filter
Focuser: None
Autoguiding: ASI120 Mini attached to a ZWO Mini 30/120mm Guidescope
Exposure: UV-IR 27 x 90s, NBZ 20 x 90s
Gain: 100
Sensor Temp: -10 C
Processing: ASIAIR Pro, PixInsight, Photoshop, StarXTerminator.
Power: BINZET AC to DC 12V 10A 120W Power Supply

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