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Date: | March, 2007 |
Location: | Elizabeth, CO. ~6500 ft., Mag 5.5 skies |
Telescope: | 16" f/4.9 Newtonian, Pegasus Optics primary |
Mount: | Mathis Intsruments MI-500 |
Exposure: | 168 mins B&W ST-10XME, 90 mins RGB ST-2000XCM |
Corrector: | 3" Keller/Wynne coma corrector |
Seeing: | ~1.5" - 2" |
Comments: |
Twenty-one ST-10 subs summed, each 8 mins long. SBIG research grade luminance filter in front of Lumicon Ha filter used on each sub. 50% DDP applied in Maxim. CCDStack used on DDP result for 15 iterate PC deconvolution Nine XCM subs, each 10 mins long, SBIG luminance filter used on each sub. Subs calibrated in CCDOps, color converted in Maxim and summed. Saturation upped 50%, 32-bit FITS XCM sum then registered to luminance in Maxim. Final HaRGB image assembled in CCDStack |
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