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Wolf’s Cave
vdB 152 and Barnard 175, in Cepheus · September 2026
Wolf’s Cave (vdB 152 / Barnard 175) · ©2026 Peter F. Wingard · @see_theShow
Acquisition
- Telescope
- Askar refractor, 384 mm f/4.8 (plate-solved 388 mm)
- Camera
- ZWO ASI2600MM Pro — gain 100, offset 50, −5 °C
- Filters
- 7-position wheel — L, R, G, B, Ha, OIII, SII
- Guiding & control
- ASI220MM Mini on a guide scope, PHD2; ZWO CAA rotator, ZWO EAF; WandererBox power; mini PC running N.I.N.A. 3.2
- Framing
- 22h 16m 57s +70° 08′ 54″ · PA 179.5° · 3.47° × 2.32° · 2.0″/pixel
- Integration
- L 491 × 90s (12.3 h) · R 153 / G 151 / B 138 × 60s (7.4 h) · Ha 20 × 180s (1 h), plus short frames for star cores — about 20.7 hours over three nights
- Location
- My backyard site at The Star Farm in Camden, South Carolina — Bortle 4.5
- Processing
- Siril and PixInsight, September 12–20, 2026
How it was made
Both logs are written from the actual N.I.N.A. and PHD2 files and the images’ own processing histories — including every mistake, mine and the machine’s.