Hoegaarden Astronomy & Photography
Image of 3hrs and 38m taken in subs of 1 and 2 minutes.
Esprit 120, ASI2600MC Gain 100, F7, EQ8 ; stacked in AstroPixelProcessor and developed in Photoshop.
The sky was very foggy, sqm around 20,15.
When scanning for little galaxies, several very small galaxies were identified using SIMBAD at apparent magnitudes below 20. As an example:
2MASS J09533544+6908169Type: IR<10um
Mag: 20.62
These are the measured currents that the equipment draws, mount without equipment mounted (bare mount). The 12V DC converter used, was a 3,7A AC/DC converter that originates from a Wii gaming console.
I measured the current required for the divers equipment I’m using:
Equipment or combination | Current in Ampere | ||
| Only stand-by LED’s from dew control and power distribution box | 0.03A | ||
| Switch on the EQ8 | 0.47A | ||
| Siderial rate on | 0.50A | ||
| Slew at rate 9 in RA | 2.05A | ||
| Slew at rate 9 in Declination | 2.00 A | ||
| Combined RA and Decl slew at rate 9 | 3.15A | ||
| Slew at rate 7 in RA | 1.7A | ||
| Slew at rate 7 in Declination | 1.7A | ||
| Slew at rate 3 in RA | 0.55A | ||
| Slew at rate 3 in Declination | 0.55A | ||
| EQ8 at siderial rate and dewcollar full charge of the C11 | 1.9A | ||
| Only Dewcollar C11 | 1.42A | ||
| Dew collar APO120mm only | 1.10A | ||
| Small dew collar for guiding scope 50mm | 0.52A | ||
| EQ8 siderial rate + dew collar APO | 2.04A | ||
| idem + slew in declination rate 9 | 3.44A | ||
| above + slew in RA rate 9 (as well as decl) | 4.6A | Converter overloaded, halted | |
| ASI184MM Pro cooler at 94% | 1.9A | ||
| above + EQ8 Siderial | 2.24A | ||
| above + slew in RA Decl rate 9 | 3.9A | Converter overloaded, halted |
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