The Clear Sky Evening
The great Hercules Cluster
Astrophoto M13 Great Hercules Cluster Clear Sky 17.
An evening full of distance tests for my new flattener TSFlat2. I was not very successfull. Some of the testimages were used to stack this image of M13.
But there was one milestone i reached.
Lessons Learned
1st thing learned: Configuring flattener distance is pain in the a**! I did not finish that this evening!
2nd thing learned: Successfully used platesolving with my equipment and EKOS. This saves me so much time and so many NERVES!
Session details
| Telescope | VIXEN ED80sf |
|---|---|
| Corrector | TSFlat2 |
| Effective focal length | 600 mm |
| Camera | Canon EOS M100(a) |
| Mount | Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro |
| Guiding equipment | TS-Optics 50 |
| Guiding camera | Omegon 1200b |
| Date of capture | 2021-06-26 |
| Exposure (lights) | 14 × 180 s |
| Total integration | 42 min |
| Calibration frames | – |
| Sensitivity | ISO 800 |
| Capture setup | Ubuntu, EKOS/INDI |
| Processing date | 2021-12-23 |
| Software stack | Affinity Photo |
| Location | Koblenz |
| Focal ratio | f/7,5 |
| Image scale | 1,28 ″/px |
| Field of view | 128,0 × 85,3 ′ |
