By JAIRO ANDRES CHAVEZ E | 2022-01-16
On 01/30/2022 10:30 pm by Natarajan Ganesan| Laveen, Arizona, USA
This was my first attempt to image a more faint deep sky object (magnitude 9, I believe) without any location assistance. It took me quite a few iterations to get the object in the frame. Nova's online astrometry tool assisted me in my test shots.
Went a bit aggressive on my ISO at 6400 with my Canon T3 (unmodified) fitted with an SVBONY CLS light pollution filter. Took 48 1 minute subs followed by 24 each of all calibration frames.
Equipment
Stand Tripod
Mount Skywatcher Star Adventurer Pro
Computerized No
Tracking Yes
Guiding No
Telescope Astrotech AT60ED
Type Refractor
Focal Length 360 mm
Aperture 60 mm
f value 6
Camera Type DSLR
Camera Model Canon T3 (unmodified)
Filters SVBONY CLS
Image acquisition
Lights 48
ISO 6400
Aperture 00 (f6 telescope)
Shutter 60 seconds
Darks 24 with filter on
Biases 24 with filter on
Flats 24 with filter on
Stacking DSS/Siril
Processing SIRIL
Post processing GIMP