M31 "The Andromeda Galaxy" - In Andromeda



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Imaging Details:
Imaging Date:   July 1-6th, 2002
Imaging Site:   ARGO, Oregon - USA
Seeing Conditions:   Poor - Low on the horizon much of the time and partially obscured by forest fire smoke.
Telescope:   Takahashi FSQ-106N @ F8 (850mm)
Imaging Camera:   ST-10XME w/CFW-8A and FLI DF-2
Exposure:   Luminance 10x300s (Binned 1x1)
Mount & Guiding:   AP900GTO, Guided with on camera guide chip.
Processing Notes:   Dark subtracted, using Sigma combined master darks, and MaxIm DL/CCD.
DDP applied once to each median and sum combined images.
Photoshop - Combination of median and sum combined images. Levels, curves, and slight unsharp mask sharpening.


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