Scutum Star Cloud
Scutum Star Cloud
This star-rich image is viewed in the southern-view of the Milky Way from my location and just above Sagittarius. It contains M11 (the Wild Duck Cluster) in the corner. The Scutum portion of the Milky Way is visible in the summer with the naked eye from my back porch and even looks great in binoculars. I used a RASA 11 though and created this 2×2 mosaic in RGB visual color to showcase the sheer amount of stars in this one location. This glittery image is worth looking at on a full-size computer monitor and zooming around.
Equipment
Telescope: Celestron RASA 11 (620mm focal @ f/2.2)
Filters: Baader Ultra-Highspeed F/2 3.5nm & 4nm Filters.
Main Camera: ZWO ASI 1600mm-pro Monochrome
Tilt & BackFocus Adjuster: ASG Photon Cage
Mount: Skywatcher EQ6r-Pro
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: August 20th-25th, 2022
R: 556 x 15 seconds
G: 597 x 15 seconds
B: 546 x 15 seconds
Total Integration time ~7hrs
Calibration Bias: 20
Calibration Dark: 20
Calibration Flats: 30 for each filter
Gain: 75
Cooling: -5
Processing Software: Stacked in Astro Pixel Processor, captured using NINA, Processed in PixInsight
