| Acquisition Date |
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April 22 and May 1 2011 |
| Camera |
: |
Baader ACF modded Canon 350D with direct peltier cooling (not active yet) |
| Camera Settings |
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M51 36x5 min. lightframes (10x on April 22 and 26x on May 1), 24x5 min. darks, 20x 0,001 sec bias and 20x 0,002 sec flats with laptop backlight, all ISO800. |
| Telescope |
: |
Skywatcher 8" Blackline Newton |
| Mount |
: |
Skywatcher NEQ6-pro controled by EQmod/CdC, guide by QHY5/9x50 finderguider |
| Adapter / Prime / Afocal / Other |
: |
Prime |
| Processing Package / Processing Applied |
: |
Capture: Nebulosity 2.3.0
Calibration, registration, stacking(kappa-sigma): DSS 3.3.0
Post-processing:Nebulosity (Color balance) and Photoshop CS3 (Gradient removal, Levels, Curves, Saturation) |
