Observation by Steve Knight: Orion vs Moon

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Steve Knight

Observer

Steve Knight

Observed

2020 Jan 06 - 22:55

Uploaded

2020 Jan 07 - 20:57

Objects

The Moon
Widefield

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Constellation

Orion

Field centre

RA: 05^h28^m
Dec: +00°03'
Position angle: -5°03'

Field size

67° × 55°

Equipment

Modified 550D camera
Samyang 14mm f2.8 lens
Astrotrac
Skytech TriBand filter

Exposure

x18 30 sec exposures at f2.8 at ISO1600

Location

Warkworth

Target name

Orion

Title

Orion vs Moon

About this image

An experiment to see how useful a narrowband filter was when the moon is in the immediate neighbourhood.

Images stacked in DSS and processed with Pixinsight & Faststone Image Viewer.

Files associated with this observation

Autosave_ABE faststoned and cropped.jpg (1.5 MB)

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