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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 9.63 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 CCDAutoPilot3
& CCDSoft. |
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Exposure |
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Lum |
185 min. (37 x
5 min. bin 1x1 ) best of 55 |
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R |
90 min. ( 9 x
10 min. bin 1x1) |
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G |
120 min. (12 x
10 min, bin 1x1) |
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B |
150 min. (15 x
10 min, bin 1x1) |
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Software |
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CCDSoft, CCDStack,
PixInsught, Photoshop CS6.
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eXcalibrator v4.1 for (g-r) color balancing, using 164 stars
from the SDSS-DR9 database.
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CCDStack to calibrate,
register, normalize, data reject and combine the sub exposures.
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PixInsight for the RGB combine,
gradient removal and initial non-linear stretching.
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PhotoShop for the LRGB
combine & final touch-up.
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Noiseware Pro, a PhotoShop plug-in.
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Comment |
North is to the top.
This beautiful nebula complex is in the constellation Taurus. Gas,
dust and a few dark nebulae dominate the image. Left of center is
the yellowish reflection nebula vdB 27. To the right, in scattered
blue light, is CED 30.
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