December 2022 OOTM was The Pleiades (Seven Sisters).
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- object: M45, The Pleiades (Seven Sisters)
- imaged by: Brad Martin
- image capture/processing details:
Taken with a monochrome camera using LRGB filters. The integration
time is 10 hours luminance, and roughly 3.5 hours of red, green
and blue. All exposures were 5 minutes. The equipment used is an
Astro Tech 130EDT refractor telescope, ASI294MM Pro camera,
Losmandy G11 mount, guiding done by OAG with ASI174mm mini
guidecamera. Capture software was NINA, processing done using
Pixinsight and Luminar AI.
- location: TBD
- date: December 2022
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November 2022 OOTM was any target in the Cassiopeia Constellation.
TIE between Jared Case and Brad Martin!
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- object: Heart
and Soul Nebulae
- imaged by: Jared Case
- image capture/processing details: Shot with a monochrome 2600MM camera and RedCat 51 on the HEQ5 Mount in Hubble palette. (SHO) Picture was taken in Highland MD with a total of over 15 hours of Sulfur II, Hydrogen Alpha, and Oxygen III data collected. Data was stacked in Deep Sky Stacker with most processing done in PixInsight and final touches using Photoshop.
- location: Alpha Ridge
- date: November 2022
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- object: Lobster Claw Nebula (emission nebula on the edge of Cassiopeia)
- imaged by: Brad Martin
- image capture/processing details: Taken with a monochrome camera using narrowband filters. The integration time is 23:50 Ha, 16:05 Oiii and 9:40 Sii, a total of 49:35. The equipment used is an Astro Tech 130EDT refractor telescope, ASI294MM Pro camera, Losmandy G11 mount, guiding done by OAG with ASI174mm mini guidecamera. Capture software was NINA, processing done using Pixinsight and Luminar AI.
- location: New Market, MD
- date: November 2022
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October 2022 OOTM is the Wizard Nebula
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- object: NGC 7380, the Wizard Nebula
- imaged by: Brad Martin
- image capture/processing details: 130mm refractor telescope on a monochrome camera with Hydrogen Alpha, Oxygen III and Sulphur II filters, total integration time is 30 hours
- location: New Market, MD
- date: October 2022
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September 2022 OOTM is the Pelican Nebula
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- object: IC5070, the Pelican Nebula
- imaged by: Ken Everhart
- image capture/processing details: 14" Meade LX-850; using a monochrome camera and narrowband filters. Processing was done in Pixinsight
- location: Hanover, MD
- date: September 2022
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August 2022 OOTM is the Veil Nebula
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- object: Eastern Veil Nebula (NGC 6992)
- imaged by: Jared Case
- image capture/processing details: captured on a 130mm Refractor with a monochrome camera
- location: Alpha Ridge
- date: August 2022
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July 2022 OOTM is M16
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- object: M16 Eagle Nebula
- imaged by: Jared Case
- image capture/processing details: shot with 130mm refractor and a 2600MM monochrome with an Ha filter. The image was processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop.
- location: Ellicott City, MD
- date: July 2022
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June 2022 OOTM is M63
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- object: M63 (aka NGC 5055, The Sunflower Galaxy)
- imaged by: Lee Amoss
- image capture/processing details: two hours of data (24 pictures @ 5 minutes) taken through his TEC140 @ F14 with a 2" barlow using the ASI533MC pro camera
- location: Mt. Airy, MD
- date: June 2022
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