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Astrophotographer: Kevin Morefield
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Planewave CDK14
Imaging cameras: QHY600M
Mounts: Planewave L-350
Filters: Astrodon SII 3 nm · Astrodon OIII 3 nm · Astrodon Ha 5 nm
Frames:
Astrodon Ha 5 nm: 36×1200″ (12h) (gain: 56.00) -10°C bin 2×2
Astrodon OIII 3 nm: 29×1200″ (9h 40′) (gain: 56.00) -10°C bin 2×2
Astrodon SII 3 nm: 32×1200″ (10h 40′) (gain: 56.00) -10°C bin 2×2
Integration: 32h 20′
【M96 | With the More Distant 2MFGC 8391 Needle Galaxy】
Astrophotographer: Kevin Morefield
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Planewave CDK14
Imaging cameras: QHY600M
Mounts: Planewave L-350
Filters: Astrodon Red · Astrodon Blue · Astrodon Green · Astrodon Luminance
Frames:
Astrodon Blue: 31×31″ (16′ 1″) (gain: 25.00) -10°C bin 1×1
Astrodon Green: 24×600″ (4h) (gain: 25.00) -10°C bin 1×1
Astrodon Luminance: 61×600″ (10h 10′) (gain: 25.00) -10°C bin 1×1
Astrodon Red: 27×600″ (4h 30′) (gain: 25.00) -10°C bin 1×1
Integration: 18h 56′ 1″
【NGC 2841 | With The Outer Dust Rings】
Astrophotographer: Kevin Morefield
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Planewave CDK14
Imaging cameras: QHY600M
Mounts: Planewave L-350
Filters: Astrodon Blue · Astrodon Green · Astrodon Luminance · Red
Frames:
Astrodon Blue: 57×600″ (9h 30′) (gain: 25.00) -10°C bin 1×1
Astrodon Green: 48×600″ (8h) (gain: 25.00) -10°C bin 1×1
Astrodon Luminance: 113×600″ (18h 50′) (gain: 25.00) -10°C bin 1×1
Red: 33×600″ (5h 30′) (gain: 25.00) -10°C bin 1×1
Integration: 41h 50′【NGC 5566 | A Group of 3 Interacting Galaxies】
Astrophotographer: Kevin Morefield
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Planewave CDK14
Imaging cameras: QHY600M
Mounts: Planewave L-350
Filters: Astrodon Blue · Astrodon Green · Astrodon Luminance · Red
Frames:
Astrodon Blue: 37×300″ (3h 5′) (gain: 56.00) -10°C bin 2×2
Astrodon Green: 37×300″ (3h 5′) (gain: 56.00) -10°C bin 2×2
Astrodon Luminance: 85×300″ (7h 5′) (gain: 56.00) -10°C bin 2×2
Red: 37×300″ (3h 5′) (gain: 56.00) -10°C bin 2×2
【NGC 1514 | A Diamond in the Dust 】
Astrophotographer: Kevin Morefield
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Planewave CDK14
Imaging cameras: QHY600M
Mounts: Planewave L-350
Filters: Astrodon Blue · Green · Red · Luminance
Frames:
Astrodon Blue: 27×300″ (2h 15′) (gain: 56.00) -10°C bin 2×2
Green: 29×300″ (2h 25′) (gain: 56.00) -10°C bin 2×2
Luminance: 71×300″ (5h 55′) (gain: 56.00) -10°C bin 2×2
Red: 27×300″ (2h 15′) (gain: 56.00) -10°C bin 2×2
Integration: 12h 50′
Photographer: Ron Brecher
Luminance and Narrowband: Sky-Watcher Esprit 150 f/7 refractor and QHY 16200-A camera with Optolong UV/IR, Ha and O3 filters
Chrominance: Takahashi FSQ-106 ED IV @ f/3.6 and QHY367C Pro one-shot colour camera with Optolong UV/IR filter
Narrowband:
Luminance:32 x 10m = 5hr20m
Ha:42 x 10m = 7hr00m
O3:38 x 10m = 6hr20m
Chrominance:159 x 5m = 13hr15m
Total: 31hr55m【M45, The Pleiades】
Astrophotographer: Ron Brecher
Paramount MX mount (unguided) with TheSkyX
Optec DirectSync motor and controller
Automation with CCDCommander
PrimaLuce Labs Eagle 3 Pro computer
All pre-processing and processing in PixInsight
Takahashi FSQ-106 ED IV @ f/5
QHY367C Pro one-shot colour camera
Optolong UV/IR filter
Astrophotographer: Ron Brecher
Paramount MX mount with TheSkyX
Optec DirectSync motor and controller
PrimaLuce Labs Eagle 3 Pro computer
All pre-processing and processing in PixInsight
Luminance: Sky-Watcher Esprit 150 f/7 refractor
QHY 16200-A camera with Optolong UV/IR filter
Chrominance: Takahashi FSQ-106 ED IV @ f/3.6
QHY367C one-shot color camera with Optolong L-Pro filter
Total: 37hr 37m【M45 The Pleiades】