Leo, Mars & M44

Contains: Mars, M 44

Dates: March 24, 2012

Locations: Home

Frames: 10x240" ISO800 20C

Integration: 0.7 hours

Darks: ~4

Bias: ~10

Avg. Moon age: 1.26 days

Avg. Moon phase: 1.79%

Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 4.00

RA center: 10:15:41.395

DEC center: +21:05:46.315

Pixel scale: 51.91 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 179.38 degrees

Field width: 57.35 degrees

Field height: 27.44 degrees

Imaging telescopes or lenses: Canon EF-S 18-55mm 3.5-5.6 IS

Imaging cameras: Canon EOS 500D / Digital Rebel T1i

Mounts: Meade Fork on Wedge

Guiding telescopes or lenses: Meade LX10

Guiding cameras: Logitech Quickcam Pro 3000

Software: Luc Coiffier's DeepSkyStacker, Stark Labs PHD Guiding, GNU Gimp, BackyardEOS

Accessories: Yahoo Meade LX10 Group Arduino Uno Autoguider (Homebrew)