|
Object |
M83- The
Southern Pin wheel |
|
Info |
M83 is
a large face on spiral galaxy of Mag. 8 located in the southern
constellation of Hydra.. It has a very bright nucleus surrounded by
heavy dust lanes. Here you can see evidence of
rich star forming regions, in the form of rich magenta/red knots. |
|
Date |
Lum 2/ 3
/08 & rgb 28/ 3/ 09 |
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Location |
BayTop
Observatory- Streaky Bay South Australia |
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Instrument |
Home built 10" Newtonian (Bob
Royce primary) and an Antares 1/20th wave
secondary with MPCC
coma corrector. System working
@ native f4/
1016 FL 1.35 arcsec/pixel- FOV
23.3x29.4 |
|
Mount |
Celestron CI700 controlled by a Mel
Bartels Goto Control System
with Vexta PK264m-01b motors with a pulley and belt system |
|
Camera (CCD) |
Starlight
Xpress HX916 monochrome CCD with Atik manual
filter wheel. |
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Exposures |
L:
144' R:33' G:33' B:33' (Lum. 280sec sub & rgb
3' sub exposures all unbinned) No dark frames
removed. |
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Guiding |
Orion
80ED refractor F7.5 with a Starlight Xpress HX516
CCD. Mounted via a side by side accessory
plate. |
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Filters |
Astronomik
typeII clr RGB filter set |
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Notes/ Conditions |
Conditions- As noted, the luminance was taken a year
prior. Due to weather conditions last year, I wasn't able to take the rgb
data. Conditions were average to good. |
