To make use of the waiting time for my main object of the week, I enjoy capturing one of the countless open star clusters. Exposure times of less than an hour are quite acceptable, in my opinion. Star clusters somehow always work, even the smaller ones at 1800mm.
High-resolution on Astrobin:
The annotated image:
Technical overview
| Telescope | Vixen VISAC VC200L |
| Focal Length | 1800mm |
| Erecting Lense | – |
| Camera | CANON EOS R(a) |
| Guiding Equipment | Pegasus Astro Indigo OAG |
| Guiding Camera | QHY 5-III-462C |
| Mount | Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro, Belt and Hypertuned |
| Photography Date | 01/10//2024 |
| Exposure-Time Lights | 14x180s |
| Correction frames | FLATS, BIASES |
| Sensitivity | ISO 1600 |
| Processing Date | 01/11/2024 |
| Software Stack | INDI, PixInsight, Affinity Photo |
| Capture Place | Koblenz, Germany |