M76 "The Little Dumbbell Nebula" - In Perseus



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Imaging Details:
Imaging Date:   July 30th - August 6th, 2005
Imaging Site:   ARGO, Oregon - USA
Seeing Conditions:   Excellent
Telescope:   Celestron C-14 @ F11.4 (3975mm)
Imaging Camera:   ST-10XME w/CFW-8A & AstroDon Filters
Exposure:   (LRGB) 14x300s + 9x600s, 12x300sec, 12x300sec, 12x300sec (L Binned 1x1, RGB Binned 2x2)
Mount & Guiding:   AP-1200GTO
Processing Notes:   MaxIm DL/CCD - Dark subtracted, each channel aligned and sum combined. RGB color combined. Luminance and RGB images Gama stretched
Photoshop - Resize RGB, then LRGB combined. Levels and curves adjustment, slight color balance, and unsharp mask sharpening


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