RCW 163
RCW 163
I took this HaRGB of RCW 163 this summer with short nights, but love the dense star fields. I held off from doing much with BlurX on it to see how it would turn out. I really could have pushed for sharper stars, but liked the natural fuzz it’s producing without much processing.
Without running it in PixInsight, guess the star count in this image?
Equipment
Telescope: Celestron RASA 11 (620mm focal @ f/2.2)
Filters: Astronomik MaxFR 50x50mm Square SHO & Deep Sky RGB
Main Camera: ZWO ASI 6200mm-pro Monochrome
Tilt & BackFocus Adjuster: ASG Electronically Assisted Tilt (EAT)
Mount: iOptron CEM 120EC
Guide Scope: William Optics 50mm Uniguide
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI 290mm-mini
Location
Location: Pendleton, Oregon
Observatory: NexDome 2.4m Automated
Bortle: 3
Long & Lat: 45.67N, -118.79 W
Shoot Parameters
Date: July 9th – 13th
Ha: 30 x 300 seconds
R: 65 x 120 seconds
G: 51 x 120seconds
B: 82 x 120seconds
Total Integration time ~9.5 hrs
Calibration Bias: 20
Calibration Dark: 20
Calibration Flats: 25 for each filter
Gain: 100
Cooling: -10
Processing Software: Captured with NINA, Stacked with Astro Pixel Processor, Processed in PixInsight
