IC 1805

Posted: Jan 6th, 2026

Show astrometry on hover

NGC

Technical Info

Telescope/Lens: SkyWatcher 200/1000PDS

Camera: ZWO ASI 585 mc pro

Mount: homemade harmonic mount

Guide Scope: OAG Askar

Guide Camera: 220mm zwo

Software: siril, PS, dss, GraXp AI, asi air mini

Accessories: sharpstar 0.95 mpcc

Exposure:

25 x 120" ISO/Gain: 250 - Optolong L-Quad Enhance, -17.0C

45 x 300" ISO/Gain: 0 - Optolong L-Quad Enhance, -17.0C

Green, Bortle 4 zone:

Elatma, Russia

Dec 16th, 2025

4 h 35 m

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Resolution: 3708x2076 px

Scale: 36548 KB

poiskovik_RZN

Although the total exposure time is short, testing the new sensor brought a lot of positive results.

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IC 1805

27 Feb, 2026

24 h 6 m

Decided to change the processing... still wanted something closer to narrowband data... no clear weather, so we're practicing, pushing pixels around the screen.

IC 1805

7 Feb, 2026

24 h 6 m

In January, there were several cloudless and cold nights. I took advantage of this and increased the integration time on the target. The atmosphere was not idea…

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IC 1805

6 Jan, 2026

4 h 35 m

Although the total exposure time is short, testing the new sensor brought a lot of positive results.

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Poppy8micro

I recommend that in the next session you run an experiment and capture all frames with a single gain of 252, along with darks and flats using the same gain and sensor temperature. Let's see how it turns out—I'm confident the result will be solid.

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