| Date: | May, July, 2007 |
| Location: | Elizabeth, CO. Mag 5.0 skies, elevation ~ 6500 ft |
| Telescope: | 16" f/4.9 Newtonian, Pegasus Optics primary, luminance at f/9.8 using a 2" Lumicon barlow for 48 mins, 2x TeleVue PowerMate for 48 mins, color at prime focus |
| Mount: | Mathis Instruments MI-500 w/ AP1200 computer control |
| Exposure Duration: |
Luminance = Total 96 mins, -15 deg C Color = Total 60 mins, -15 deg C |
| Imager: | Luminance = ST-10XME, color = ST2000XCM |
| Filtration, etc: | For luminance, a 50 nm wide Ha filter used by stacking an SBIG research grade luminance filter in front of a Lumicon Ha #29 dark red glass filter. Lumicon barlow and 2x PowerMate used before ST-10, XCM shot at f/4.9 |
| Guiding: | AO-L guided |
| Seeing: | Good, ~3.5" |
| Comments: |
Luminance = Collected in Maxim, calibrated and median combined in sets of three. Medians summed, 50% DDP in Maxim, followed by 100 PC iterate deconvolution in CCDStack Color = Collected in Maxim, calibrated in CCDOps, color converted in Maxim, median combined in two sets of three. Medians summed, no DDP, Curves in Maxim. Colorizing XCM image and ST-10 luminance image registered in Registar. Final LRGB assembly in CCDStack |