| Location & Date |
Backyard, Abbott Observatory May 17, 18, 20, 2006 Temperature mid 50°'s F, Transparency - Very Good, Seeing - 4/5 |
| Telescope |
Celestron C8-N OTA on a Losmandy G11 mount 8" Reflector F/5, Prime Focus, Image scale 1.52 arcsec/pixel |
| Camera |
SBIG ST-2000XCM CCD temp -25°C |
| Exposure Times | 46 x 7 min. - 5.3 hours |
| Other Information |
Guiding - Internal TC11 guider Guiding program - CCDSoft V5 Baader MPCC Coma Corrector with Orion Skyglow LPR filter |
| Image Processing |
* Images Plus 2.75 - Calibration, Bayer Interpolate, Grading (used only A grade), Alignment, Sigma Clipped Average, mild DDP, R/L deconvolution on overall image, Adaptive R/L deconvolution on spiral arms. * Adobe CS - Levels, Curves, Masks, Sharpening, RGB balance, Cropping, JPEG conversion |
