NGC 2903 (Galaxy in Leo)

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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: 144 mins B&W ST-10XME, 60 mins RGB ST-2000XCM
Corrector: 3" Keller/Wynne coma corrector
Seeing: ~3"
Comments:

Eighteen ST-10 8 min subs, total = 144 mins. SBIG research grade luminance filter used on each sub. Subs median combined in sets of three in Maxim. 100 iterate PC deconvolution performed on each median. Deconvolved medians averaged in Maxim. DDP/sharpening applied in CCDStack on average

Six XCM subs, each 10 mins long, Luminance filter in front of XCM. Calibrated in CCDOps, color converted in Maxim and median combined in two sets of three. Sum of medians DDPed in Maxim, 100%, saturation increased, saved as 16-bit TIFF for colorizing file. Luminance/color files registered in Registar. LRGB assembled in Corel's Photopaint 12 using LAB


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