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Cygnus Region and Friends

Started by garrick, Sep 12, 2021, 21:44:49

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garrick

Cygnus Region and Friends by Garrick Walles, on Flickr

Imaging telescopes or lenses: Samyang 100mm/2.8 ED Samyang

Imaging cameras: ZWO ASI 294MM Pro (cooled) ASI294MM PRO

Mounts: Skywatcher HEQ5 PRO (belt modification)

Guiding telescopes or lenses: ZWO 30mm Mini Guide Scope

Guiding cameras: ZWO ASI120MM-S ASI 120MM-S

Software: PixInsight 1.8.7 Ripley PixInsight  ยท  Asi Air for IOS

Filters: Baader Ha, OIII, SII 1.25 inch

Accessory: ZWO ASI Air

Dates:June 24, 2021

Frames:Baader Ha, OIII, SII 1.25 inch: 400x180" (20h) (gain: 120.00) -10C bin 2x2

Integration: 20h

Darks: 41

Flats: 41

Flat darks: 41

Avg. Moon age: 14.45 days

Avg. Moon phase: 99.89%

Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 8.00

MarkS

That's a stunning widefield image.  Well done!

20 hours of integration time - that takes a lot of dedication.

Mark

garrick

Thanks Mark. The integration time May have been a bit excessive. Not sure if I want to repeat it again. :D

Clear Skies

Roberto

That's a superb FOV.  You have managed extremely well any LP gradients from your site.  Well done indeed! 😎👍

Roberto

garrick

Thanks Roberto. I think a lot of the credit has to go to Pixinsightand my Samsung 100mm lens.

Clear Skies

Carole

I absolutely love it. 

Carole

RobertM

Very impressive !  What a great capture especially from Bortle 8.

Robert

ApophisAstros

Echo all the praise mentioned , great work.
Roger
RedCat51,QHYCCD183,Atik460EX,EQ6-R.Tri-Band OSC,BaaderSII1,25" 4.5nm,Ha3.5nm,Oiii3.5nm.

garrick

Thanks Roger and Robert. Your comments are greatly appreciated. It was a bit of an experiment connecting up the Samyang Lens to the ASI294MM. I was really impressed with the performance of this camera and lens combination.

Clear Skies. (Well we can be hopeful)

Carole

I have the Samyang 135mm lens, and have been having a ball with it over the last 18 months.  My only criticism is that tiny stars are a little harsh if you zoom right in. 

Also I had a job joining it all together and my focus is right on the end of the focusser ring.  I did my recent Iris nebula etc with it. 

Carole

The Thing

Very nice Garrick, nicely processed. I'm tempted by one of those lenses, I've got the ASI294MC Pro so would get the same FoV.