2021-05-15: NGC3351 M95 NGC3368 M96

Post date: May 16, 2021 3:42:6 AM

I imaged NGC3351 M95 NGC3368 M96 on the night of April 11 - 12 from Buford Mountain Conservation Area.

NGC3351 M95 (right) and NGC3368 M96 (left) imaged on 12 April 2021 UTC through a 200 mm aperture, 730 mm focal length F/3.65 Boren-Simon PowerNewton Astrograph with 0.73x focal reducer and coma corrector. The imaging camera was a QSI683wsg-8 with Astrodon II filters and cooled to -15C, with off-axis guiding. The system was mounted on a Losmandy G11G2 equatorial head on a permanent pier. The system was controlled with Sequence Generator Pro and PHD2 and the image was processed in PixInsight.

12 Luminance frames x 10 min binned 1x1 and 7 RGB frames x 5 minutes each binned 2x2 for a total exposure of 3 hours 45 minutes. 16 flats, bias and darks frames.