A nice cool and very clear Moonless night. I was able to capture a little more than 3 1/2 hours of light from the planetary nebulas PK 136+05 and PN G136.1+04.9. The planetary nebula PK 136+05, aka Hechathorn-Fesen-Gull 1 of HFG1, is the February 2024 Sky-Watcher USA Target of the Month (TOTM).
| Primary (Imaging) | Secondary (Guiding) |
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| Scope: SVBONY SV503 102ED Reducer/Flattener: SVBONY SV193 0.8 FR/FF Filter: ZWO 2″ Duo-Band Filter Camera: ZWO ASI294 MC Pro, Cooled to -10 C Focuser: ZWO EAF Mount: Sky Watcher EQ6-R Pro |
Scope: SVBONY SV106 60mm Guide Scope Camera: Orion Star Shooter Autoguider (OSSAG) |
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Equipment Control and Imaging Software: KStars/Ekos connecting to INDI Server on a Raspberry Pi Stacking and Processing Software: Siril astronomical image processing tool |
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I was able to add another 43 x 300 second exposures to the 37 x 300 second exposures from 02/05/2024. A total of 80 x 300 second exposures or just over 6 1/2 hours of total time. All exposures were taken at 121 gain, 30 offset, and bin 2×2. The frames are calibrated and stacked using Sirilic and all processing was done in Siril.
Going to submit this to the SkywatcherUSA TOTM.
My other Sky-Watcher USA TOTM Submission can be found on this page.
