The Heart of Space IC 1805 (7 hours)

Posted: Oct 27th, 2022

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Technical Info

Telescope/Lens: TS 152/450 F2.9 (starizona 0,75x)

Camera: zwo 533mc

Mount: EQ6 belt mod/all german bearings

Guide Scope: TS 8x50 finder

Guide Camera: qhy5l2M

Software: Guiding PHD2, shooting APT.

Accessories: L-extreme

Exposure:

107 x 240" ISO/Gain: 105 - L-extreme

Orange zoneLight Pollution:

Kazan, Russia

Oct 26th, 2022

THE HEART OF SPACE IC 1805 (7 HOURS)

Telescope/Lens: TS 152/450 F2.9 (starizona 0,75x)
Camera: zwo 533mc
Mount: EQ6 belt mod/all german bearings
Guide Scope: TS 8x50 finder
Guide Camera: qhy5l2M 
Software: Guiding PHD2, shooting APT.
Accessories: L-extreme

Kazan, Russia
Light Pollution: Orange zone

Exposure:
107 x 240" ISO/Gain: 105 - L-extreme

Heart of Space IC 1805
 Continued gathering data, got a 4-hour window of clear weather, went out to shoot immediately—another sleepless night.
 October 21, 2022, 23:00–3:00, -3°C, 3 hours 8 minutes
 October 26, 2022, 22:00–3:00, -8°C, 4 hours
 TS 152/450 F2.9 (Starizona 0.75x), ZWO 533MC, L-eXtreme, EQ6, 8x50 + QHY5L2M guider. Guiding with PHD2, shooting with APT.
 107×240 sec, gain 105, offset 10, -10°C. 50 darks, 50 flats, 50 dark flats. No Photoshop, just stacking, brightness, and white balance adjustments. Slight drift in each frame. Yellow zone light pollution, 14 km from the city of Kazan (population over 1 million). Total integration: 7 hours 8 minutes.

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Author: sky-man

7 h 8 m

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Heart of Space IC 1805
Continued gathering data, got a 4-hour window of clear weather, went out to shoot immediately—another sleepless night.
October 21, 2022, 23:00–3:00, -3°C, 3 hours 8 minutes
October 26, 2022, 22:00–3:00, -8°C, 4 hours
TS 152/450 F2.9 (Starizona 0.75x), ZWO 533MC, L-eXtreme, EQ6, 8x50 + QHY5L2M guider. Guiding with PHD2, shooting with APT.
107×240 sec, gain 105, offset 10, -10°C. 50 darks, 50 flats, 50 dark flats. No Photoshop, just stacking, brightness, and white balance adjustments. Slight drift in each frame. Yellow zone light pollution, 14 km from the city of Kazan (population over 1 million). Total integration: 7 hours 8 minutes.

Resolution: 2988x2944 px

Scale: 3204 KB