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Environmental Data
Date: August 11, 2024 Start Time: 11:40PM End Time: 3:58AM SQM:
Moon Age: 6.7 days Moonset: 10:51AM Moon Illumination: 43.3%
Temperature: Humidity: Dew Point:
Location: Westport, Massachusetts 02790 Sky Condition: Mirky due to wild fires in Canada.
Comment:
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Imaging Scope Data
Mount: Gimbal Tripod Camera: Nikon D7100 DSLR Focuser: None
Telescope: Tokina 11-16mm F2.8 lens @ 11mm 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: 129 Duration: 30 seconds Gain: 640
Temperature: Binning: F-Stop: 3.2
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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:
Temperature: Binning: F-Stop:
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Imaging Processing
Imaging Processing Software: PixInsight
Processes utilized: Used Pixinsight to DynamicBackground Extractor, BlurXterminator, NoiseXterminator, HistogramTransformation, CurvesTransformation.
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Notes: Set D7100 to complete manual mode including manual focus. Set intervalometer to take an exposure every 32 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. Found that taking 30 second exposure and 32 second interval did not give enough time for camera to store the image so I only acquired every other exposure.