Sunday, August 6, 2023

Imaging at the Brian Stokes Cygnus Obervatory

Several members enjoyed a fine night at the Brian Stokes Cygnus Observatory sharing knowledge and viewing a range of objects including the Moon, Saturn and Jupiter and quite a few early Perseid meteors. The ideal conditions after storm Antonio produced clear skies and fine views of the Milkyway prior to the waning gibbous moon rising. Several narrow band images were taken through 60mm and 73mm refractors with both mono and OSC cameras until first light.

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Altair 60mm doublet refractor with 0.8 x FR fitted with an ASI 533mm Pro camera and SHO filters. Data acquired with NINA and processed in Pixinsight.

Omega nebula M17 – 47 x 3 min SHO subs (2.35hrs total exposure)


                  Pinwheel galaxy M101 and supernova SN 2023ixf  9 x 2 min luminance subs (18 mins total exposure)


Soul nebula (IC1848) – 21 x 4 min subs (1.4hrs total exposure) 


Chris Bowden

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