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  Full Frame
NGC 7125 and 7126 are 160 Million light years away so are quite small on the sky at under 3 arc min
in size each but they make for a nice photogenic pair of spiral galaxies. There are plenty of back
ground and much more distant galaxies sprinkled throughout the field too.
Orion Optics AG12 F3.8
Starlightxpress SXVR-H694, SX USB CFW, SX OAG unit + Atlas Focuser
LRGB = 390 50 50 50 = 9hrs total exposure (bin 1X1)
New Deep-Sky RGB Astronomik filters
-20C chip temp, flats used but no dark frames. 
Focal length 1120mm
Image scale 0.84"/pix 
Guide Camera: Starlightxpress Lodestar
Comments
Data collected over two nights 14 & 16 Aug 2018, no moon, variable seeing, good at times.
Equipment setup: 
 http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/sxvrh694_gear 
 
Some links to equipment used to take this image: 
StarlightXpress CCD Cameras and imaging equipment
 http://www.sxccd.com/products 
Finger Lakes Instrumentation CCD cameras: 
  http://www.flicamera.com/ 
Astro Shop (Aus)
 http://www.astroshop.com.au/ 
Astro-Elecronic FS2 scope GOTO controller: 
 http://www.astro-electronic.de/ 
Gerd Neumann and Astronomik filters: 
 http://www.astronomik.com/en/home 
 http://www.gerdneumann.net/ 
MSB Software & Astroart 5 
 http://www.msb-astroart.com/ 
Catseye Collimation
 http://www.catseyecollimation.com/ 
STAR Atlas:PRO planetarium software: 
 http://www.staratlaspro.com/ 
  
Copyright Michael Sidonio 2024
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| strongmanmike2002 | 01-Sep-2018 15:21 | |
| Sakib | 24-Aug-2018 01:07 | |