|
Instrument |
Takahashi FSQ-106ED @
f/5.0 (530 mm F.L.) Captured at 2.1 arcsec/pixel. Shown at 4.2
and 9.39 arcsec/pixel. |
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Mount |
Losmandy G11 with Gemini L4 v1.0 |
|
Camera |
SBIG STF-8300M Self
Guiding Package w/ mono ST-i, using Baader LRGB filters. |
|
Acquisition Data |
5/31/2013
to 7/9/2013 Chino Valley, AZ... with CCDAutoPilot5 & CCDSoft. |
|
Exposure |
|
Lum |
600
min. (40 x 15 min. bin 1x1) |
|
Red |
150 min. (10 x
15 min. each bin 1x1) |
|
Green
|
180 min. (12 x 15 min. each bin 1x1)
|
|
Blue
|
210 min. (14 x 15 min. each bin 1x1)
|
|
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Software & Processing Notes |
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CCDSoft, CCDStack, PixInsight
and Photoshop CS6.
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No SDSS stars were
available for color balancing, so a standard image-train color
calibration was used, as determined by
eXcalibrator
v4.2, and then adjusted for altitude extinction.
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CCDStack to
calibrate, register, normalize, data reject, combine the sub
exposures and to create the RGB
image.
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PixInsight for
gradient removal and initial non-linear stretching.
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PhotoShop for the
LRGB combine & final touch-up.
-
Noiseware 5, a
PhotoShop plug-in.
|
|
Comment |
North is to the top.
Beverly Lynds Bright Nebula (LBN) 406 is a very faint Molecular
Cloud in the constellation Draco. On her brightness scale of 1 to 6,
Lynds classified this nebula as a barely visible, 1. The stellar
winds have created some interesting shapes. This area is often
called The Laughing Skull Nebula.
At the very bottom center is the small galaxy, UGC 10548, that looks
like the planet Saturn. A Higher resolution telescope reveals two
distinct arms and not a ring. |
