Location & Date
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Backyard, Abbott Observatory- Long Island, NY, July-August 2021
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Telescope
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Orion ED80 F/7 APO, Moonlite focuser, iOptron GEM45G, Pegasus Falcon rotator
Image scale 2.54 arcsec/pixel
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Camera
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SBIG ST-2000XM
Baader R G B filters
CCD temp -10°C
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Exposures
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Red - 6x10m Green - 6x10m Blue - 6x10m Bin 1x1 for each of the 4 panels
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Planning & Acquisition
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Image planning - Sequence Generator Pro Mosaic tool
Image acquisition - Sequence Generator Pro w/PinPoint & PHD2 (guiding))
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Processing
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Astro Pixel Processing - Calibration, Normalize, Alignment, Mosaic stitching, RGB combine
Adobe CS4 - Color Image adjustments, Noise reduction, JPEG conversion
This is a 4 panel RGB mosaic.
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