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Astrophoto: Melotte 201 – NGC 6633 – 07/22

A beautiful open star cluster. I reprocessed also this material.

The small open cluster NGC 6633. Photons were collected in one of the too short summer nights.

High resolution on Flickr:

Melotte 201 - NGC 6633 - Open Star Cluster

Results from 2022 and 2024

Technical overview

TelescopeVIXEN ED80sf
Focal Length600mm
Aperture ratio7.5
Erecting LenseTSFlat2
FilterOptolong UV/IR Cut
MountSkywatcher HEQ-5
Goto-ControlEKOS
Mount ControlINDI
Guiding Scope Focal Length162 mm
Guiding Camera Chip4.8mm x 3.6mm, 8bit
Guiding Camera Resolution1280×960
Guiding SoftwareEKOS, INDI
Dithering3 pixel
CameraCANON EOS M100(a)
Methodfocal projection
Camera angle
Camera ControlEKOS, INDI, Gphoto2
Photography Date07/02/2022
Exposure-Time Lights19x300s
Correction framesFLATS, BIASES
SensitivityISO 400
Processing Date07/04/2022
Reprocessing Date01/04/2024
Stacking, IntegrationPixInsight
Post Processing SoftwarePixInsight
Image EditingAffinity Photo
ReprocessingsoftwarePixInsight
Capture PlaceKoblenz, Germany
LightpollutionBortle 5
Scattered lightstrong

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