The Moon, Jun 29 ’24

After a longer deep-sky session, when I went outside at night to pack up, the Moon smiled at me. The short extra effort was worth it.

Session Analysis

The actual session was a deep-sky session for capturing an image of the Elephant Trunk Nebula. In this case, I had installed my duo-narrowband filter, which I briefly had to remove between objects. I have the filter mounted in a drawer of the Canon RF adapter, so I simply swap out the entire EOS adapter, and I’m ready to go again. It only takes a few steps without needing to unscrew anything.

As noted in the session analysis, I briefly refocused and plate solved (A) next to the moon at 12.8°C, then manually took my individual exposures with the camera (B), which I later processed into the final image.

Full resolution on Astrobin:

Session Details:

Telescope	Baader Apo 95 CaF2 – Travel Companion
Focal Length	590mm
Erecting Lense	Baader M68 Field Flattener
Camera	CANON EOS R(a)
Guiding Equipment	–
Guiding Camera	–
Mount	Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro, Belt and Hypertuned
Photography Date	06/29/2024
Exposure-Time Lights	50×1/2000s
Correction frames	–
Sensitivity	ISO 1600
Processing Date	06/29/2024
Software Stack	Stellarmate OS, Affinity Photo
Capture Place	Koblenz, Germany