Date: | Febuary, 2008 |
Location: | Elizabeth, CO. ~6500 ft., Mag 5.5 skies |
Telescope: | 16" f/4.9 Newtonian, Pegasus Optics primary |
Mount: | Mathis Instruments MI-500 |
Exposure: | 144 mins luminance ST-10XME, 180 mins RGB ST-2000XCM |
Correctors, filters, etc.: | 3" Keller/Wynne coma corrector on ST-10 and XCM.Custom Scientific luminance filter used on each ST-10/XCM sub. Normal self-guiding |
Seeing: | ~3.5" FWHM |
Comments: |
Eighteen ST-10 subs, each 8 mins long, median combined in sets of three. Medians summed, 50% DDP applied in Maxim, 25 iterate PC deconvolution in CCDStack Eighteen XCM subs, each 10 mins long, calibrated in CCDOps, color converted in Maxim and median combined in sets of three. Medians summed. DDP applied in Maxim, 16-bit colorizing image saved. Luminance and colorizing image registered in Registar, final LRGB image assembled in CCDStack |