M42 Sketch Bortle 3
The Great Orion Nebula sketched under a Bortle 3 sky on 25th Jan 2025.
Seeing index: 3
Transparency: 2
Jet stream: Poor
Moon phase: 18%
'Star, star teach me how to shine, shine'
The Great Orion Nebula sketched under a Bortle 3 sky on 25th Jan 2025.
Seeing index: 3
Transparency: 2
Jet stream: Poor
Moon phase: 18%
Integration time (running total):
* L 20 X 120s (40m)
* R 18 X 120 (36m)
* G 18 X 120 (36m)
* B 16 X 120 (32m)
* Total: 2h24m
Integration time target
* Target: 10 hours
* L 75 X 120s (150m)
* R 75 X 120s (150m)
* G 75 X 120s (150m)
* B 75 X 120s (150m)
* Progress: 22%
Seeing index: OK (4)
Jet stream: Poor (40 m/s)
Transparency: Good (4)
Integration time (running total):
* S 42 X 300s (210m)
* H 41 X 300s (205m)
* 0 40 X 300s (200m)
* Total: 10h15m
Seeing index: OK (4)
Jet stream: Poor (40 m/s)
Transparency: Good (4)
Barnard 174 is an impressive dark nebula in Cepheus
Integration time (running total):
* IR_PASS 12 X 180s (36m)
* L 19 X 180s (57m)
* R 38 X 180s (114m)
* G 32 X 180s (96m)
* B 28 X 180s (84m)
* Total: 6h45m
Integration time target
* Target: 10 hours
* L/IR_PASS 100 X 180s (150m)
* R 100 X 180s (150m)
* G 100 X 180s (150m)
* B 100 X 180s (150m)
* Progress: 65%
Seeing index: Good (4)
Jet stream: Good (9 m/s)
Transparency: Ave (3)
Integration time (running total):
* L 61 X 180s (192m)
* R 58 X 180s (182m)
* G 60 X 180s (180m)
* B 54 X 180s (162m)
* Ha 53 X 300s (265m)
* Total: 16h24m
Integration time target
* Target: 28 hours
* L 100 X 180s (300m)
* R 100 X 180s (300m)
* G 100 X 180s (300m)
* B 100 X 180s (300m)
* Ha 100 X 300 (500m)
* Progress: 59%
Seeing index: Good (4)
Jet stream: Good (9 m/s)
Transparency: Ave (3)
Integration time (running total):
* L 26 X 180s (78m)
* R 27 X 180s (81m)
* G 25 X 180s (75m)
* B 24 X 180s (72m)
* Total: 5h02m
Integration time target
* Target: 6 hours
* Progress: 85%
Seeing index: Poor/OK (2/3)
Jet stream: Ave (12 m/s)
Transparency: Good (4)
Reflection nebula in Cepheus
Integration time (running total):
* OSC 624 X 60s (624m)
* Total: 10h24m
Integration time (running total):
* OSC 92 X 300s (460m)
* Total: 7h40m
Integration time target
* Target: 7 hours
* Progress: 109%
Integration time (running total):
* OSC RGB 18 X 120s (36m)
* OSC NB 156 X 300s (780m)
* Total: 13h00m
Integration time target
* Target: 12 hours
* Progress: 108%
The imaging is finished for now. The data is excellent and deserves to be experimented with in processing. The RGB stars also need to be implemented.
Planetary nebula in Vulpecula
Integration time (running total):
* OSC 81 X 60s (81m)
* Total: 1h21m
Seeing index: Ave (3)
Jet stream: Ave (16 m/s)
Transparency: Ave (3)
Integration time (running total):
* OSC 63 X 120s (126m)
* Total: 2h06m
Seeing index: OK (3)
Jet stream: Good (7 m/s)
Transparency: Average (3)