The Leo Triplet
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2024 12:03 pm
31 March 2024
The dome shutter was inoperable all winter, but we caught a warm dry day mid-March and it was finally repaired with my sons doing the heavy lifting.
Sunday night started out with a little haze, and while I’ve done better on the Triplet using the Hyperstar I can't complain as the sky turned quite murky toward the end of this run.
Leo Triplet – galaxies M65, M66 and NGC 3628
31 Mar 2024 20:22 – 23:16 hrs. EDT
59 X 3 min, unbinned, -15°C cooling, 200 gain, 2 Hz guide rate
Explore Scientific 102mm refractor with LP filter and ASI2600MC-P camera
Conclusions & lessons learned:
It was a relatively warm night (60° F) and I was pleased to be able to cool to -15C as that was the highest temperature for the various darks I’d run in the winter.
Happy to be back in the imaging saddle once again.
Hgp logged 4/2/2024
The dome shutter was inoperable all winter, but we caught a warm dry day mid-March and it was finally repaired with my sons doing the heavy lifting.
Sunday night started out with a little haze, and while I’ve done better on the Triplet using the Hyperstar I can't complain as the sky turned quite murky toward the end of this run.
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Leo Triplet – galaxies M65, M66 and NGC 3628
31 Mar 2024 20:22 – 23:16 hrs. EDT
59 X 3 min, unbinned, -15°C cooling, 200 gain, 2 Hz guide rate
Explore Scientific 102mm refractor with LP filter and ASI2600MC-P camera
Conclusions & lessons learned:
It was a relatively warm night (60° F) and I was pleased to be able to cool to -15C as that was the highest temperature for the various darks I’d run in the winter.
Happy to be back in the imaging saddle once again.
Hgp logged 4/2/2024