The image is the result of two consecutive crystal-clear nights in early March 2025.
Luckily for me, I had the opportunity to spend a fantastic night at the Hoher List Observatory site, allowing my camera on the apo to diligently collect photons throughout the entire night.
In line with the experiences of the previous months, I equipped my Baader apo that evening exclusively with the Baader luminance filter – and off it went. A truly wonderful night with great results.
The following evening, I was back home under my suburban sky. Conditions were good again, so I was able to capture the three RGB channels there.
I’m really extremely satisfied with the result.
Full resolution on Astrobin:
Whats on the picture? Lots of Galaxies!
Session Details:
| Telescope | Baader Apo 95 CaF2 – Travel Companion |
| Focal Length | 590mm |
| Erecting Lense | Baader M68 Field Flattener |
| Camera | ToupTek SkyEye62AM |
| Filter | Baader LRGB CMOS Optimized 50.4mm |
| Mount | Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro, Belt and Hypertuned |
| Guiding Equipment | APM 240mm |
| Guiding Camera | ToupTek GPM462M |
| Photography Date | 03/07/2025 – 03/08/2025 |
| Exposure-Time Lights | L 70x300s, R 10x180s, G 10x180s, B 10x180s |
| Correction frames | FLATS, DARKFLATS, DARKS |
| Sensitivity | GAIN 100 |
| Processing Date | 03/10/2025 |
| Software Stack | Stellarmate OS, PixInsight, Affinity Photo |
| Capture Place | Koblenz, Germany |
