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03-Jan-2023

M42 Trapezium stars finder chart

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All ten stars shown on the finder chart are separated, even the closest pair, at just 1.6 arc sec apart,
can be clearly discerned as two stars! With just 1120mm of focal length and a raw image scale of 0.84"/pix
this is a reflection of the seeing quality at the time of capture, FWHM ranged from 1.4" to 1.7"

Orion Optics UK AG12 F3.8
Starlightxpress TRIUS PRO-694 Midi Combi PRO Blue Edition incl.CFW & OAG unit
FLI Atlas Focuser
LHaRGB
Astronomik Deep-Sky LRGB filters
-20C chip temp, no flats used and no dark frames.
Focal length 1120mm
Image scale 0.84"/pix
Guide Camera: Starlightxpress Lodestar PRO

Comments
Data for the close up collected 20 Dec 2022 no moon, good seeing (FWHM 1.4" - 1.7")

Taken from Eagleview Observatory:

https://pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/eagleview_observatory

Equipment setup:

https://pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/173097781/original

Some links to equipment used to take this image:

Sidereal Trading

https://www.siderealtrading.com.au/

StarlightXpress CCD Cameras and imaging equipment

http://www.sxccd.com/products

Finger Lakes Instrumentation CCD cameras:

http://www.flicamera.com/

Gerd Neumann and Astronomik filters:

http://www.astronomik.com/en/home

http://www.gerdneumann.net/

MSB Software & Astroart Camera control and Image processing software

http://www.msb-astroart.com/


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