Table of contents
Acquisition Details
| M44 | Red | Green | Blue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frames | 24 | 30 | 15 |
| Exp. Time | 30s | 30s | 30s |
| Darks |
Final Masters
Description
This is the Beehive Cluster, also known as M44, is an open star cluster which is a cluster build of a minimum amount of stars. Its distance to earth is about 610 light years. Just a quick test after rebuilding my HEQ5 Pro mount and finally fixing auto guiding!
Astrometry Calibration
| Astrometry Job | 7265895 |
| Center (Dec, dms) | +19° 36’ 00.176” |
| Center (RA, Dec) | (130.086, 19.600) |
| Center (RA, hms) | 08h 40m 20.525s |
| Pixel Scale | 3.13 arcsec/pixel |
| Radius | 1.257 deg |
| Size | 1.78 x 1.78 deg |
Data Processing
Processing was done in PixInsight only. Steps of the process are listed below:
- Weighted Batch PreProcessing,
- DynamicBackgroundExtraction,
- ChannelCombination,
- ColorCalibration,
- BackgroundNeutralization,
- HistogramTransformation,
- NoiseXTerminator,
- CurvesTransformation,
- ImageSolver,
- AnnotateImage