M100

Constellation: Coma Berenices        Distance: 52 million lightyears

M100

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Image spcefications:
  • Exposure: 2.8 hours, LRGB = 60:36:36:36
  • Camera: ZWO ASI2600MM, Temp -10 ° C, Baader LRGB filters
  • Instrument: TEC 140, focal distance 980 mm
  • Mount: Paramount MX+
  • Guiding: TS Off Axisguider, Starlight Xpress Lodestar autoguider and PHD
  • Location: Nozières, France
  • Sky Quality Meter: 21,20
  • Ambient temperature: 4° C
  • Date: 19 April 2023
  • © Frans Kroon, Arno-MarkBlesgraaf

Image acquisition Sequence Generator Pro:
  • 12 Luminance of 5 minutes, binned 1x1
  • 12 Red + 12 Green + 12 Blue of 3 minutes, binned 1x1
  • 25 Flat fields per channel with Flatfield panel
  • 20 Dark frames of 20 minutes + 50 Bias frames

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