My second ever attempt to take a photo of the famous Horsehead Nebula. I love this astrophotography stuff!
SIMPLE = T / file does conform to FITS standard
BITPIX = -32 / number of bits per data pixel
NAXIS = 3 / number of data axes
NAXIS1 = 1040 / length of data axis 1
NAXIS2 = 1870 / length of data axis 2
NAXIS3 = 3 / length of data axis 3
EXTEND = T / FITS dataset may contain extensions
COMMENT FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) format is defined in ‘Astronomy
COMMENT and Astrophysics’, volume 376, page 359; bibcode: 2001A&A…376..359H
BZERO = 0 / offset data range to that of unsigned short
BSCALE = 1 / default scaling factor
DATE = ‘2023-12-10T19:25:00’ / UTC date that FITS file was created
DATE-OBS= ‘2023-12-10T07:47:13.026153’ / YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss observation start,
INSTRUME= ‘Seestar S50’ / instrument name
OBSERVER= ‘ ‘ / observer name
TELESCOP= ‘Seestar S50’ / telescope used to acquire this image
XPIXSZ = 2.9 / X pixel size microns
YPIXSZ = 2.9 / Y pixel size microns
XBINNING= 1 / Camera binning mode
YBINNING= 1 / Camera binning mode
BAYERPAT= ‘GRBG ‘ / Bayer color pattern
FOCALLEN= 250 / Camera focal length
CCD-TEMP= 8.9375 / CCD temp in C
EXPTIME = 10 / Exposure time [s]
STACKCNT= 179 / Stack frames
FILTER = ‘LP_Starless’ / Active filter name
IMAGETYP= ‘Light ‘ / Type of image
OBJECT = ‘IC 434 ‘ / Name of the object of interest
GAIN = 80 / Camera gain
SITELAT = 31.3664 / [deg] Observation site latitude
SITELONG= -109.95 / [deg] Observation site longitude
RA = 85.7333 / Image center Right Ascension (deg)
DEC = -2.27917 / Image center Declination (deg)
CRPIX1 = 771.595 / Axi
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