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At a distance of about 40 million light years, in the southern constellation of Columba, NGC 1808 is undergoing a
significant period of star birth, with an active bright core and as such, is classified as a Seyfert spiral galaxy.
It has a modest apparent size of 6.5' X 3.5' and while the active inner regions are quite bright, the outer spiral
arms are diffuse and relatively faint. Overall it has an apparent magnitude of 10.8
Orion Optics AG12 F3.8
Starlightxpress SXVR-H694, SX USB CFW, SX OAG unit + Atlas Focuser
LHaRGB = 390 140 50 50 55min (bin 1X1)= 11.5hrs
New Deep-Sky LRGB 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 19 and 24 Nov 2019, no moon, average seeing
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/