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Environmental Data
Date: August 11, 2023 Start Time: 9PM End Time: 2AM SQM:
Moon Age: 25.1 days Moonrise: 0:57AM Moon Illumination: 20.5%
Temperature: Humidity: Dew Point:
Location: Westport, Massachusetts 02790 Sky Condition: Clear
Comment:
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Imaging Scope Data
Mount: Gimbal Tripod Camera: Nikon D750 DSLR Focuser: None
Telescope: Rokinon 24mm Focal Reducer: None Filter: None
Rotator: None Power Control: None Dew Heater: None
Imaging Software
Mount Software: None Focus Software None
Control Software: None Platesolve: None Planning: Skytools
Imaging Status
Imaging Software: Focus Platesolve:
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Guide Scope Data
Camera: None Focuser: None Dew Heater: None Software: None
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Images Taken
Number of light frames: 1200 Duration: 20 seconds Gain: 1000
Temperature: Binning: F-Stop: 2.8
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Number of flat frames: Duration: seconds Gain:
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Number of Dark frames: Duration: seconds Gain:
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Number of Bias frames: Duration: Gain:
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Imaging Processing
Imaging Processing Software: PixInsight
Processes utilized: Used Pixinsight to NoiseXterminator, ArcSinH stretch, HistgramTransformation, StarReduction script.
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Notes: Set D750 to complete manual mode including manual focus. Set intervalometer to take an exposure every 22 seconds. Attached lens muff with handwarmer to lens to counteract dew.
Let the D7100 take images all night and then reviewed the images in the morning. Selected the images with obvious meteors for processing.