IC4665 "Summer Beehive Cluster"
Photo description / processing
IC4665
"Summer Beehive" / "Літній Вулик" / "Летний Улий"
Lens aperture: f/5.6
Darks: 120s x 20 @ ISO 800
Offsets/Bias: 1/4000s x 30 @ ISO 800
Guide scope lens aperture: f/3.5
Open star cluster in the Ophiuchus constellation, right near the β Ophiuchus star (named Cebalrai). The DEC guiding let me down a bit...
Cebalrai – from the Arabic "كلب الراعي kalb al-rā‘ī" – "the shepherd's dog". (@ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_Ophiuchi).
Technical information
- Telescope/Lens
- Jupiter-21M
- Camera
- Canon EOS 550D
- Mount
- EQ5
- Guide Scope
- Jupiter-37A
- Guide Camera
- Datyson T7C
- Accessories
- DIY Arduino Controller
- Software
- APT, PHD2, DeepSkyStacker, Fitswork
- Location
- Odesa, Ukraine
Light pollution
Orange, Bortle 6 zone
- Date taken
Exposure
- 34 × 120″ · ISO/Gain: 800 ·
Total exposure: 1 h 8 m









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