IC1396 and SH 2-132 The Lion Pulls the Elephant by Its Trunk

 Posted: Apr 20th, 2024
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Technical Info
Telescope/Lens: Samyang 135 2.0
Camera: ZWO ASI 2600MC DUO
Mount: iOptron HEM15
Guide Scope: встроенный датчик
Guide Camera: SC2210
Software: SiriL, StarNet++
Accessories: ZWO ASIAir, ZWO EAF
Exposure:
100 x 60" ISO/Gain: 101
49 x 120" ISO/Gain: 101
Orange, Bortle 6 zone:
 Toksovo, Russia
 Apr 12th, 2024
3 h 18 m
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Resolution: 5216x3337 px
Scale: 24657 KB
Autofocus test. Unsuccessful, one-third of the frames went straight to the trash, automation didn't work out.
Already redid it.
Without filters from the orange zone—just for testing, and to compare as well.
Stars—stack of 7 frames, background 149.
Updated
  6 Jun, 2024
  1 h 0 m
Now the same object from under dark skies. An hour was enough.
  22 May, 2024
  1 h 30 m
Testing a homemade mount during the white nights. The mount performed perfectly, with zero guiding errors out of 169 frames. Unlike the sky. So the final image…
  1 May, 2024
  8 h 20 m
The stars are from 9 frames. The background is from 311 frames. A total of 3 nights testing the autofocuser. In the orange zone, shooting without filters doesn'…
  20 Apr, 2024
  3 h 18 m
Additionally, I worked on the background. It seems to have worked.
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  20 Apr, 2024
  3 h 18 m
Autofocus test. Unsuccessful, one-third of the frames went straight to the trash, automation didn't work out. Already redid it. Without filters from the orange…
  6 Mar, 2024
  5 h 5 m
First light with this lens. For the background, 180 frames stacked; for the stars, 8 frames.
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