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Nashville, TN, USA
01:00 am
Imaging lens: Canon 50mm USM 1.4 @f/4
Imaging camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ6R-PRO
Guiding telescope: ZWO Mini Guide Scope
Guiding camera: ZWO ASI290MM Mini
Software: Aries Productions Astro Pixel Precessor, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInisight, ZWO ASIAir Pro, Photoshop CC
Filters: Optolong L-eXtreme 2", Optolong L-Pro 2'', Optolong L-eNhance 2"
Accessory: ZWO ASIAir Pro
Dates: June 20, 2020, June 21, 2020, Aug. 2, 2021, Aug. 3, 2021, Aug. 4, 2021, Aug. 5, 2021, Aug. 8, 2021, Aug. 10, 2021, Aug. 11, 2021
Frames:
Optolong L-Pro 2'': 80x90" (2h) (gain: 100.00) -5C bin 1x1
Optolong L-eNhance 2": 17x1200" (5h 40') (gain: 100.00) -5C bin 1x1
Optolong L-eNhance 2": 36x600" (6h) (gain: 100.00) -5C bin 1x1
Optolong L-eXtreme 2": 80x1200" (26h 40') (gain: 100.00) -5C bin 1x1
Integration: 40h 20'
Darks: ~40
Flats: ~40
Flat darks: ~40
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 8.00
Locations: Backyard, Nashville, TN, United States
Stacked in AstroPixel Processor, processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop.
My first mosaic image. "Flames of Cygnus" was taken from my backyard, 3.5 miles from downtown Nashville, TN.
