Messier 103 (NGC 581) from my new „Jade“ observatory

My second project with my new observatory was taken with old equipment on the „Planetary Pier“, because my „Deep Sky Pier“ is not yet ready for use. Target was the open cluster Messier 103 in the constellation Cassiopeia.

Data calibration and registration was done with Fitswork and the final processing was done with PixInsight. The result was as follows:

The images were taken with the following equipment:

• Date: October 2024
• Location: Varel
• Telescope: 8″ GSO Newton
• Focal length [mm]: 800
• Focal ratio: 3.9
• Mount: Skywatcher EQ6 Synscan
• Camera: ZWO ASI 178 MC
• Filter: OSC
• Exposure time [min]: 92 (approx. 750 * 7.35s)
• Resolution: 0.61″/px