Rian-Pascal Bergen

Messier 33, or Triangulum Galaxy, Taken 20211016-20211019

Full Size Image (PNG 19.1 MB)

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This is by far, the longest exposure image I’ve taken to date. Most of that time went to the Hydrogen-Alpha as well as combating the Moon Light in the RGB Filters. I am very happy the way it turned out.

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Equipment

Telescope/Lens: Meade 70 mm Series 6000 Astrograph Quadruplet APO Refractor

Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI1600MM-PRO

Guiding Scope: ZWO Mini Guide Scope

Guiding Camera: ZWO ASI290MM

Mounts: Sky-Watcher EQ6R-Pro

Filters: Chroma 2" LRGB, Chroma 2" H-Alpha (3nm), Chroma 2" OIII (3nm)

Accessories: ZWO EFW 7x2", Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox, Astrozap AstroStrap 70mm Dew Heater

Software: N.I.N.I, PHD2, Deep Sky Stacker, Adobe Photoshop 2021, StarNet++

Storage Devices and Computers used are not mentioned here.

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Location, Weather, and Acquisition

All data was taken from my Bortel 4 backyard. Location was within a 15-mile radius of Comer, Georgia (USA) (34.0637° N, 83.1254° W). Weather data was not recorded. Some Acquisition Data may be missing.

Date	Temperature	Humidity	Average Moon Phase
2021-10-16 - 2021-10-17	N/A	N/A	Waxing Gibbous (84.6%)
2021-10-17 - 2021-10-18	N/A	N/A	Waxing Gibbous (91.4%)
2021-10-18 - 2021-10-19	N/A	N/A	Waxing Gibbous (96.2%)

Date	Filter	F-Ratio	Gain/ISO	Exposure Time	Number of Exposures
2021-10-16 - 2021-10-17	R	f/5	Gain 139, Offset 21	300	42
2021-10-16 - 2021-10-17	G	f/5	Gain 139, Offset 21	300	102
2021-10-16 - 2021-10-17	B	f/5	Gain 139, Offset 21	300	81
2021-11-13 - 2021-11-15	H-Alpha	f/5	Gain 139, Offset 21	600	65
TOTAL INTEGRATION	HARGB	f/5	N/A	29H 35M 00S	290

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