| 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: | Total 4.5 sec on ST-10XME |
| Corrector: | 3" Keller/Wynne coma corrector |
| Seeing: | ~2.5" |
| Comments: | Thirty 0.15 sec subexposures taken. Orion variable polarizing filter, set to almost opaque, used to drastically cut down on the moon's brightness. First ten subs framed to create a "left" image, second ten to create a "right" image, last ten to create a "top" image. Each set of ten averaged after registration of subs in Registar, which was also used to register the three mosaic frames. 16-bit sharpening in Corel's PhotoPaint 12. Three-frame final mosaic assembled in PP 12 |