Month: September 2022

Only about Astrophotography!

Sept 7th 2022 – Narrowband Imaging of NGC7822

Objectives Capture 25 X 10 minutes exposures via OIII filter to produce a Narrowband image of NGC7822 The SII exposures are planned for the next clear night Ha exposures already captured Tasks Installed the narrow band filters/filter wheel in the SBIG camera and cleaned dust off – Done Perform a polar Alignment – Done Calibrate…
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September 1st, 2022 – Going after NGC7822

Objective Second night trying to capture NGC7822 in HaRGB. First night (Sept 27th, 2022) started perfect with 2.5h of exposure through Ha filter. The intention was to capture 5 hours of total exposure through the Ha, R, G and B filters. However, when the automated sequence performed the automatic focusing routine through the second filter…
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