Details

• Rig: Player One Ares-M Pro + Sky-Watcher 200PDS + EQ6R-Pro
• Software: NINA/PixInsight
• Filters: Astronomik LRGB, ZWO Ha 7nm
• Constellation: Perseus

    Integration time (running total):
    * L 81 X 180s (252m)
    * R 73 X 180s (219m)
    * G 75 X 180s (225m)
    * B 72 X 180s (216m)
    * Ha 73 X 300s (365m)
    * Total: 21h17m

    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: 76%

7th January 2025

Integration time:
    * L 15 X 180s (45m)
    * R 13 X 180s (39m)
    * B 12 X 180s (36m)
    * G 12 X 180s (36m)
    * H 20 X 300s (100m)
    * Total: 4h16m

11th November 2024

Integration time:
    * L 2 X 180s (6m)
    * B 3 X 180s (9m)
    * Total: 15m

23rd October 2024

Integration time:
    * L 3 X 180s (9m)
    * R 2 X 180s (6m)
    * G 3 X 180s (9m)
    * B 3 X 180s (9m)
    * Total: 35m

17th October 2024

Seeing index: Good (4)
Jet stream: Good (9 m/s)
Transparency: Ave (3)

Integration time:
    * Ha 53 X 300s (265m)
    * Total: 4h25m

12th October 2024

Seeing index: Very poor (1)
Jet stream: Ave (60 m/s)
Transparency: Ave (3)

Integration time:
    * L 3 X 180s (9m)
    * R 3 X 180s (9m)
    * Total: 18m

10th October 2024

Seeing index: OK (3)
Jet stream: Ave (12 m/s)
Transparency: Good (4)

Integration time:
    * L 28 X 180s (84m)
    * R 26 X 180s (78m)
    * G 30 X 180s (90m)
    * B 26 X 180s (78m)
    * Total: 5h30m

3rd October 2024

Seeing index: OK (3)
Jet stream: Ave (12 m/s)
Transparency: Good (4)

Integration time:
    * L 30 X 180s (90m)
    * R 29 X 180s (87m)
    * G 30 X 180s (90m)
    * B 28 X 180s (84m)
    * Total: 5h51m

Notes

This object will be high in the sky throughout the autumn. There are a number of fascinating aspects to it: dust lanes, stellar nurseries, broadband and narrowband elements and it will repay an extended period of photography.