Triangulum Galaxy, Exmoor, 2020
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Our local group of galaxies is beautiful. I photographed this cosmic island under the truly dark skies of Exmoor (visible with the naked eye!) using my fastest astrograph, FSQ-85ED. The Triangulum galaxy, 3 million light years from us, full of stars and planets.
Tech Card
Date / Location
14th September 2020, Brayford, North Devon near Exmoor, GMT+0, United Kingdom, TEMP: 16C, Bortle Class 3 ~SGM: 21.73 mag./arc sec2
Equipment
Camera: Nikon D810A
Imaging Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-85ED
Correcting Lens: Takahashi Reducer-QE 0.73x (composite focal length at 328mm and focal ratio at f/3.8)
Mount: iOptron CEM25EC
Image Quality
14 bit RAW (NEF)
Exposure time per image / number of composites and sensitivity
ISO 3200, 13 x 180" subs
Total Integration Time
39mins
Calibration Frames
25 Darks, 50 Bias, 25 Flats
Software
PixInsight 1.8.5 Core
Lightroom
Photoshop
DEEP SKY
STARSCAPE
SOLAR SYSTEM
EVENTS
