NGC3718

Constellation: Ursa Major        Distance: 120 million lightyears

ngc3718

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Image spcefications:
  • Exposure: 5 hours, LRGB = 180:40:40:40 minutes
  • Camera: SBIG ST-8300M, Temp -30 ° C, Baader LRGB filters
  • Instrument: Meade 10 inch focal distance 2500 mm
  • Mount: Losmandy G11
  • Guiding: SBIG Off Axisguider, Starlight Xpress Lodestar autoguider and PHD
  • Location and date: Etoile St.Cyrice, France, 6 April 2016

Image acquisition with ImagesPlus 5.75 Camera Control:
  • 18 Luminance of 10 min, binned 2x2
  • 8 Red + 8 Green + 8 Blue of 5 min, binned 2x2
  • 20 Flat fields with flatfield panel
  • 20 Dark frames of 10 and 5 min
  • 50 Bias frames

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