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Imaging Details: | |
Imaging Date: | June 6th, 2005 |
Imaging Site: | ARGO, Oregon - USA |
Seeing Conditions: | Excellent |
Telescope: | Takahashi TOA-130F with Field Flattener @ F7.68 (999mm) |
Imaging Camera: | STL-11000M with AstroDon Filters |
Exposure: | RGB - 4x600s, 4x600s, 4x600sec (Binned 1x1) |
Mount & Guiding: | AP-1200GTO, Guiding with SBIG STV |
Processing Notes: | MaxIm DL/CCD - RGB dark subtracted, sum combined, and gamma stretched. Photoshop - Curves on RGB channels. Retouching of stars to eliminate filter reflections and slight unsharp mask sharpening. |
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