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NGC 6503

 
 

Instrument

Celestron C11 @ F/6.1 (1708 mm)  1.085 arcsec / pixel

Mount

Losmandy G11

Camera

SBIG ST-7 with CFW-8A color wheel

Acquisition Date

5/1/04 to 5/14/04  Near downtown Seattle

Exposure

Lum   150 min  (10 X 15 min)
Red      60 min  (4  x 15, bin 2 x 2)
Green  60 min  (4 x 15, bin 2 x 2)
Blue     88 min  (4 x 22, bin 2  x 2)

Software

CCDSoft, FocusMax, CCDOPS, Sigma Clip (pre beta 11),  PhotoShop CS and Paint Shop Pro. The DitherMat was used to dither the luminance layer

Comment

North is to the top.