Caldwell 102 - IC2602 - Southern Pleiades or Theta Carina Cluster - 9/1/2022 (Processed cropped stack)

Testing StellarMate automation. Slight coma in TL,BL, TR but not BL implies skewed focal plane.

DeepSkyStacker 4.2.6 Stacked 80% (13) of 17 Images Gain 100 @ 30 Sec, 35 DARK Gain 100 @ 60 Sec, 35 BIAS Gain 100 @ 1/1000 Sec, 19 FLATS GAIN 100 @ 1/10000 Sec, Post-processed with Adobe Photoshop CC 2022

Telescope - PowerNewt 200mm f/4 with Baader MPCC Coma Corrector (at 55mm backfocus) for F=800mm f/4.0, IDAS NB1 filter, QHY 268C CMOS camera field 68' x 101' , Ambient ~20C, Camera 0C.
StellarMate on RP-4B with Kstars/Ekos for EQMOD mount control, auto-focusing, plate solving and image acquisition. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Starlight Xpress SuperStar (Mono) CCD Auto Guider and Ekos auto guiding software.

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From 2022 Remote Control