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NGC 1579

 
 

Instrument

Celestron C11 @  F/6.1 (1705 mm)  1.087 arcsec / pixel

Mount

Losmandy G11

Camera

SBIG ST-7 with CFW-8A color wheel

Acquisition Date

2/11/05 to 3/14/05  Near downtown Seattle

Exposure

Lum   390 min  (26 X 15 min)
Red   105 min  (7 x 15, bin 2 x 2)
Green  75 min  (5 x 15, bin 2 x 2)
Blue  154 min  (7 x 22, bin 2  x 2)

Software

CCDSoft, Sigma-Clip, Photoshop CS w/ the Fits Liberator plugin & Iris