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| Date: | June, 2008 |
| Location: | Elizabeth, CO. Mag 5 skies, elevation ~6500 ft |
| Telescope: | 16" f/4.9 Newtonian, Pegasus Optics primary mirror |
| Mount: | Mathis Instruments MI-500 w/ AP1200 computer control |
| Exposure Duration: |
Luminance = Total 168 mins (2.8 hrs), 21x8 min sub-exposures Color = Total 60 mins, 6x10 min sub-exposures |
| Imagers: |
Luminance = SBIG ST10XME Color = SBIG 2000XCM |
| Filtration: |
Luminance = "Wide band" Ha filter made by putting a Lumicon Ha filter in front of Custom Scientific luminance filter Color = Custom Scientific luminance filter |
| Guiding: | Normal self-guiding |
| Seeing: | ~2" |
| Comments: |
Luminance = Calibrated using dark and flat frames, median combined in sets of three, medians summed using Maxim. Deconvolution/DDP/sharpening in CCDStack on sum Color = Sub-exposures calibrated using dark and flat frames in CCDOps. Subs color converted in Maxim. Median combined in sets of three, medians summed in Maxim. DDP on sum, result save for colorizing image. Final HaRGB created in Corel's PhotoPaint 12 using LAB |
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