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| Imaging Details: | |
| Imaging Date: | September, 2002 |
| Imaging Site: | Kirkland, WA USA |
| Seeing Conditions: | Fair (Significant light pollution from nearby Seattle to the west, Bellevue to the south, Kenmore and Bothell to the north, Totem Lake to the east, and Kirkland all around). |
| Telescope: | Takahahsi FSQ-106N @ F5 (530mm) |
| Imaging Camera: | Pentax 6x7 II |
| Mount & Guiding: | Losmandy G-11 with Gemini Goto. Guided with SBIG STV on Takahashi FS-60C |
| Exposure: | Kodak E200, Summed stack of 5min + 10min, and 15min + 20minute exposures in Registar, These resulting images were then median combined in Registar to produce a stack of four total images totaling 50 minutes. |
| Processing Notes: | Photoshop - Adjustment to curves and levels, prior to, and after stacking images in Registar. Slight application of grain reduction using grain surgery. Cropped, and re-sampled down (resized). |
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