SH 2-101 Tulip

 Posted: Aug 6th, 2022
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Technical Info
Telescope/Lens: Celestron C8N
Camera: Uranus-C (IMX585)
Mount: EQ6 Pro
Guide Scope: Искатель 50
Guide Camera: T7m
Software: NINA, Siril, ФШ, Топаз
Accessories: Sharpstar 0.95x MPCC
Exposure:
44 x 180" ISO/Gain: 191 - OPTOLONG L-eXtreme
60 x 13" ISO/Gain: 191 - UV/IR
Orange, Bortle 6 zone:
 Ekaterinburg Rayon Ozera Gluhoe, Russia
 Jul 29th, 2022
2 h 25 m
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Resolution: 3274x1759 px
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I made a few adjustments—you can't post photos processed on a bad monitor.
Moving on, I tried shooting all night, but it didn’t work out. The diagonal mirror fogged up, so I had to warm it with a hairdryer, and I had to discard one hour of footage.

I tried capturing the stars separately with a UV/IR filter—just 13 minutes—and the stars gained color (I should always do it this way).
I only took 8 dark frames while it was getting dark, each at 180 seconds.

This was my first time using NiNA all night, and I’m starting to like it more and more, especially the framing feature (I used a previous photo as a reference). I just loaded it in, and it helped me align the camera exactly.
Autofocus and refocusing also worked well. The mount performed a meridian flip, recentered itself afterward, did a refocus, turned on guiding, and continued shooting.
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  6 Aug, 2022
  2 h 25 m
I made a few adjustments—you can't post photos processed on a bad monitor. Moving on, I tried shooting all night, but it didn’t work out. The diagonal mirror fo…
  31 Jul, 2022
  2 h 25 m
I continued, trying to shoot all night, but it didn't work out—the diagonal mirror fogged up, and I had to heat it with a hairdryer. I had to throw away 1 hour…
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