M101 Pinwheel Galaxy
M101 Pinwheel Galaxy
Usually don’t spend much time on galaxies, but trying out some deep field with the Celestron Edge HD telescope. I used a 6200mm camera and cropped it heavily to capture the Pinwheel galaxy in Hydrogen Alpha and RGB. Processed in PixInsight and Photoshop.
Equipment
Telescope: Celestron Edge HD 8″ & .7x Reducer (1422mm focal length)
Filters: ZWO HaRGB Fitlers
Main Camera: ZWO ASI 6200mm-pro Monochrome
Tilt & BackFocus Adjuster: ASG Photon Cage
Mount: iOptron CEM 120EC
Guide Scope: OAG
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: April 19th, 2023
R: 24 x 300 seconds
G: 24 x 300 seconds
B: 24 x 300 seconds
Ha: 12 x 300 seconds
Total Integration time ~7 hrs
Calibration Bias: 20
Calibration Dark: 20
Calibration Flats: 20 for each filter
Gain: 100
Cooling: -10
Processing Software: Stacked in Astro Pixel Processor, captured using NINA, Processed in PixInsight & PS
