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Environmental Data
Date: October 10, 2024 Start Time: 7:04PM End Time: 9:46PM SQM: 19.35
Moon Age: 7.3 days Moonset: 10:25PM Moon Illumination: 49.6%
Temperature: 53 degrees F Humidity: 82% Dew Point: 47 degrees F
Location: Westport, Massachusetts 02790 Sky Condition: Partly cloudy.
Comment:
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Imaging Scope Data
Mount: Tripod Camera: Nikon D7100 DSLR Focuser: None
Telescope: Nikon 16-85 F1.3 DX lens @ 16mm 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: 240 Duration: 8 seconds Gain: 640
Temperature: Binning: F-Stop: 3.5
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Imaging Processing Software: PixInsight
Processes utilized: Used Pixinsight to SpectroPhotometricColorCalibration, NoiseXterminator, GeneralizedHyperbolicStretch script, CurvesTransformation. Also used CloneStamp to remove bright window in the house since it detracts from the image.
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Notes: Set D7100 to complete manual mode including autofocus focus. Set intervalometer to take an exposure every 30 seconds.
Let the D750 take images and then reviewed the images in the morning. Selected the best images. Found that the best images were the ones from about 7PM until about 7:30 PM.