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Instrument |
Takahashi FSQ-106ED @
f/5.0 (530 mm F.L.) Captured at 2.1 arcsec/pixel. The Zoomify
image scale is 4.2 to 7.44 arcsec / pixel. |
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Mount |
Losmandy G11 with Gemini L4 v1.0 |
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Camera |
SBIG STF-8300M Self
Guiding Package w/ mono ST-i, using Baader LRGB filters. |
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Acquisition Data |
11/13/2012 to 1/5/2013 Chino Valley, AZ... with CCDAutoPilot5
& CCDSoft. Off-axis guided. |
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Exposure |
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Lum |
200
min. (40 x 5 min. bin 1x1) |
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Red |
90 min. (
9 x 10 min. each bin 1x1) |
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Green
|
120 min. (12 x 10 min.
bin 1x1)
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Blue
|
160 min. (16 x 10 min.
bin 1x1)
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Click
here for the color-mapped narrow band images.
Click
here for the Ha filtered image. |
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Software |
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CCDSoft, CCDStack,
Photoshop CS6, PixInsight and Noel Carboni's actions.
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eXcalibrator v3.1 for (b-v), (v-r) color balancing, using 78 stars
from the NOMAD database.
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CCDStack to calibrate,
register, normalize, data reject, combine the sub exposures and
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.
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Noiseware 5, a PhotoShop plug-in.
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Comment |
North is to the top.
The soul nebula,
(sh2-199, LBN 667) is an emission nebula in the constellation
Cassiopeia. The nebula is about 6000 light-years from Earth.
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