M38 Starfish Cluster

Constellation: Auriga        Distance: 4600 lightyears

M38

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Image spcefications:
  • Exposure: 1 hours, LRGB = 15:15:15:15 minutes
  • Camera: SBIG ST-8300M, Temp -25 ° C, Baader RGB filters
  • Instrument: TEC 140 with field flattener, focal distance 980 mm
  • Mount: Losmandy G11
  • Guiding: SBIG Off Axisguider, Starlight Xpress Lodestar autoguider and PHD
  • Location: Overveen, The Netherlands
  • Date: 24 Mars 2020

Image acquisition with ImagesPlus 4.0 Camera Control with dither:
  • 5 Lum + 5 Red + 5 Green + 5 Blue of 3 min, binned 1x1
  • 20 Flat fields per channel
  • 20 Dark frames of 20 min + 20 Dark frames of 5 min
  • 20 Flat darks (per channel) + 50 Bias frames