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Environmental Data
Date: March 4, Start Time: 9:00PM End Time: 12:20AM SQM: 19.32
Moon Age: 6.8 days Moonrise: 10PM Moon Illumination: 43.8%
Temperature: 15 degees F Humidity: 27% Dew Point:
Location: Westport, Massachusetts 02790 Sky Condition: Clear
Comment:
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Imaging Scope Data
Mount: Gimbal Tripod Camera: Nikon D7100 DSLR Focuser:
Telescope: 16-85mm lens set to 85mm lens Focal Length: 85mm
Focal Reducer/Field Flattener: None Filter: None
Rotator: None Power Control: None Dew Heater: None
Imaging Software
Mount: Focuser:
Imaging: None Platesolve: None Rotator/Control: None
Imaging Status
Imaging Software: None Focus Platesolve:
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Guide Scope Data
Telescope: None Camera: Focuser:
Dew Heater: Kendrick dew strip Software: Tracking Result:
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Images Taken
Number of light frames: 600 Duration: 1 second ISO: 400
Camera Temperature: Binning: F-Stop: 8.0
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Number of flat frames: Duration: Gain:
Camera Temperature: Binning: F-Stop:
Flat Field Illumination:
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Number of Dark frames: Duration: Gain:
Camera Temperature: Binning: F-Stop:
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Number of Bias frames: Duration: Gain:
Camera Temperature: Binning: F-Stop:
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Imaging Processing
Imaging Processing Software: Photoshop
Processes utilized:
Cropped and centered all images. Then stacked images to create a single photograph showing the entire sequence.
Used Cyberlink PowerDirector 15 to generate a time-lapse video.
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Notes:
Attached 16-85mm Nikonlens to Nikon D7100 DSLR.
Set exposure to 1 second. Set intervalometer to 60 seconds.