Location & Date |
Backyard, Abbott Observatory - Oct. 9-11, 2008 Temperature - low 60's F |
Telescope | TMB 130SS Refractor, F/7 on a Losmandy G11, Prime Focus, Image scale 1.68 arcsec/pixel |
Camera |
SBIG ST-2000XM w/CFW8, AO8 Astrodon Tru Balance Filters CCD temp -15°C |
Exposure Times | (Ha) 24 x 10, (L) 10 x 10, (R) 5 x 10, (G) 3 x 10,(B)3 x 10 Minutes, Bin 1x1 |
Other Information |
Image acquisition/focus/guiding/dither - CCD Autopilot w/CCDSoft Focus - Moonlite Motorfocus w/FocusMax |
Image Processing |
* Images Plus 3.5 - Calibration, Normalize, Grading, Alignment, Sigma Average Combine, mild DDP * Adobe CS - RGB blend into Lum, Ha blend into R and L, Levels, Curves, Sharpening, Cropping, NR, JPEG conversion |