{"id":259,"date":"2024-11-12T06:35:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T10:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vo2go.ca\/wordpress\/?page_id=259"},"modified":"2024-11-12T06:35:01","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T10:35:01","slug":"m17-swan-nebula","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vo2go.ca\/wordpress\/m17-swan-nebula\/","title":{"rendered":"M17 Swan Nebula"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d89aad35 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-47c06fe3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aug 8, 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"line-height:1.75\" class=\"wp-block-list is-style-checkmark-list\">\n<li>Scope: Meade 8&#8243; LX200R<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Camera: ZWO ASI183MM<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Filters: Optolong LRGB<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bin 2&#215;2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reducer: 0.5x<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Focuser: Antares Micro w\/ myFP2esp32 controller<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mount: Tripod w\/Equtorial Wedge<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Images: 54L 19R 15G 12B 16Ha @60 seconds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exposure: 60s x 116 = 116 Minutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Processing: ASTAP, Affinity2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Notes:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d9fd946df44&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69d9fd946df44\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded is-style-rounded--1 wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1372\" height=\"918\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/vo2go.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/M17.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vo2go.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/M17.jpg 1372w, https:\/\/vo2go.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/M17-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vo2go.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/M17-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vo2go.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/M17-768x514.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1372px) 100vw, 1372px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">M17 Swan Nebula, Aug 8, 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>This image of M17 came about purely by accident as I was testing &amp; tuning the DIY autofocuser which I built over the past 2 months while we were in our Very Short nights here in the North.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I picked M17 to do my testing on as it fit nice in my 0.5 Reducer FOV &amp; has a lot of surrounding stars to test the focuser on. The auto-focuser seemed to be working relatively well within the first hour, so I left the scope to run out the rest of the night (~4 hrs), imaging M17 even though it is very low in the sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Auto Focus still needs some work, but I was truly suprised how many many good subs I actually captured, so I tried Post processing the images &amp; got this!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aug 8, 2024 This image of M17 came about purely by accident as I was testing &amp; tuning the DIY autofocuser which I built over the past 2 months while we were in our Very Short nights here in the North. I picked M17 to do my testing on as it fit nice in my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-259","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vo2go.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vo2go.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vo2go.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vo2go.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vo2go.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vo2go.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":260,"href":"https:\/\/vo2go.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/259\/revisions\/260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vo2go.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}