The Coalsack nebula as seen under New Zealand skies, 2024
This year was the first one I ever experienced the Southern hemisphere night skies! And what a beauty this sky is! Full of stars, nebulae and galaxies. A magnificent night sky. What impressed me as well is how dark this dark nebula from the pristine dark skies of New Zealand. A dark hole in the night sky, blocking all the ancient starlight near to it!
Tech Card
Date / Location
11th February 2024, Kaikoura, New Zealand, Bortle Class 3 ~SGM: 21.71 mag./arc sec2, 15th February 2024, Raglan, New Zealand, Bortle Class 3 ~SGM: 21.73 mag./arc sec2
Equipment
Camera: Nikon D810A
Lens: Samyang 135mm f/2
Mount: Skywatcher Star Adventurer
Image Quality
14 bit RAW (NEF)
Exposure time per image / number of composites and sensitivity
24 x 90s ISO 1600 f/2.8
Total Integration Time
36 mins
Calibration Frames
20 Darks, 50 Bias, 20 Flats
Software
PixInsight 1.8 Core
Photoshop
DEEP SKY
STARSCAPE
SOLAR SYSTEM
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