"Statue of Liberty" nebula - NGC 3576 (SHO)
This photography was taken at Buenos Aires City, Argentina (a highly iluminated zone), in several sessions from april to june, 2020, summing up 30 hours of total integration time.
The used equipment setup: Refractor SkyWatcher Esprit ED100, ASI1600MM, Baader Ha and SII filters, Astronomik OIII filter, SkyWatcher NEQ6 mount, homemade electronic focuser and anti-dew systems.
Technical data
| Acquisition site | Buenos Aires City, Argentina |
| Acquisition dates | April/June 2020 |
| Instrument | SkyWatcher Esprit 100ED APO. |
| Mount | SkyWatcher NEQ6, managed by EQmod |
| Guide | Off-Axis, with Lodestar camera |
| Camera | ASI1600MM |
| Camera sensor temperature | -20 °C |
| Filters | Baader Ha 3.5 nm Baader SII 4.5 nm Astronomik OIII 6 nm |
| Integration time | Total: 30 hs Ha: 10 hs SII: 10 hs OIII: 10 hs |
| Calibration | 36 flats, 72 darks. |
| Resolution | 1.4 arcsec/pixel 550 mm focal, 3.8 um x 3.8 um pixels |
| Native size | 4656 x 3520 pixels |
| Cropped size | 4523 x 3366 pixels |
| FOV | 1°48’ x 1°21’ |
| Image center coordinates | RA: 11 h 14 min Dec: -61° 13' Rotation: 2.6° |
| Process | PixInsight 1.8 |
| Acquisition | Maxim DL |