SUNSET: 
0
Photographer:
Joshua
Location of Photo:
Grants Pass, Oregon USA
Date/Time of photo:
10 23 2024
Equipment:
Astro-Tech AT-72 EDII Refractor, ZWO ASI 294 MC, Celestron Nexstar 6/8 SE COMPUTERIZED Altitude-Azimuth MOUNT with Equatorial Wedge
Description:
Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), Using an Astro-Tech AT72EDII refractor with a 0.8x reducer/flattener, the setup featured a ZWO ASI 294 MC camera paired with a UV/IR-Cut filter, mounted on a Celestron NexStar 6/8 SE with an equatorial wedge for precise tracking. The shot consists of 24 light frames, each with a 120-second exposure at a gain of 185, calibrated with 40 dark and 40 bias frames, for a total integration time of 48 minutes. Guiding was done with an SVBONY SV165 guidescope and a ZWO ASI 120MM-Mini camera. Processing involved Adobe Photoshop, DeepSkyStacker, Siril, GraXpert, and Starnet++, while SharpCap, CPWI, Stellarium, PHD2, ASCOM, and DS4 assisted in acquisition.
