| Location & Date |
Backyard, Abbott Observatory - Sept. 1, 2008 Temperature - high 60's F Visibility - humid w/intermitting thin clouds |
| Telescope | TMB 130SS Refractor, F/7 on a Losmandy G11, Prime Focus, Image scale 1.68 arcsec/pixel |
| Camera |
SBIG ST-2000XM w/CFW8 Astrodon Tru Balance Filters CCD temp -15°C |
| Exposure Times | (L) 17 x 10, (R) 8 x 10, (G) 4 x 10,(B) 4 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, Grading, Alignment, Sigma Average Combine, mild DDP * Adobe CS - Resized 2X w/Stairstep Image Size (Hoon Im plugin), RGB blend into Lum, Levels, Curves, Sharpening, Cropping, NR, JPEG conversion |
