Field of view

My imaging telescope is a Takahashi TOA-130. I am using it with the focal reducer:

TOA-130My camera is an SBIG-STT 8300M

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Using a field view calculator I can estimate my field of view.

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My field of view is 1.37° x 1.03° with resolution 1.43″/pixel (corrected). Below is my image of the Rosette Nebula

NGC 2237 Rosette Nebula - distance 5,200 light years


One thought on “Field of view

    Making the Rosette Nebula Mosaic « Cloudbreaker said:
    March 11, 2015 at 11:44 pm

    […] Field of view […]

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