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NGC 891 (And)
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| Date/Site: |
30. January 2022, AAR-observatory in Presberg |
Exposure/
Filter: |
16 x 300 seconds, (-10°C) |
| Camera: |
ASI2600MC-Pro |
Optics/
Instrument: |
400mm f/5 Newton with Baader RCC1 on AP1200 GTO |
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Off-Axis-Guiding with Lodestar,
focusing with Microtouch,
data acquired remotely using Sequence Generator Pro,
calibration and processing: PixInsight 1.8 |
Sometimes I use the 400mm f/5 Newton (aka „The White Elephant“) to shoot an image via remote-control. Because of its sheer size it is possible to get a deep and detailed image fast. This galaxy is one of the most beautiful edge-on galaxies.
And of course I imaged this object earlier with different equipment:
NGC 891 (And)
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| Date/Site: |
September 23th, 2011, AAR-observatory in Presberg |
Exposure/
Filter: |
RGB: each channel 6 x 600 seconds (-15°C) |
| Camera: |
SBIG ST10XME, CFW9 with SBIG LRGB-filters, AO-8, RCC1 coma-corrector |
Optics/
Instrument: |
26cm-Newton (ground by Tomas Heising) on AP1200 |
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Darks, flats, deblooming, alignment and stacking: MaximDL 5,
Levels and curves: Photoshop CS3. |
First light of the AP1200.
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© Friedhelm Hübner, last revision: 03.12.2023