First Light from the fully automated and remote POD-S

First light processed image from the remotely operated SkyShed POD-S. The motor kit is installed and it is working flawlessly.

NGC660, a polar-ring galaxy about 45 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces. The warped, X-shaped structure is the result of a galactic collision — a spiral galaxy that likely captured material from a passing neighbor, forming a stunning ring of gas, dust, and stars that orbits at a sharp angle to its main disk.

Integration: 110 x 300 second exposed images captured over the course of two nights.

Captured remotely from my backyard in the Northern Adirondacks of Northern New York.

🔭 Equipment: 11” Celestron EdgeHD, 0.7x reducer, ZWO ASI2600MC-Pro, IOptron CEM70, OAG-L with ASI174MM.

Captured using N.I.N.A, Stacked and Calibrated with PixInsight.