| Acquisition Date |
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Acquired on March 14th, 2010 using Nebulosity 2.2.5. |
| Camera |
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Canon 350d with Hap Griffin mod Baader uv/ir filter |
| Camera Settings |
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iso 1600, raw |
| Telescope |
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Explore Scientific-David Levy 152mm f/4.8 Maksutov-Newtonian |
| Mount |
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Piggyback on Meade LX 200 classic 12-inch. Guided with a DSI pro mono on the 12 inch at f/3.3 using PHD from Stark Labs |
| Adapter / Prime / Afocal / Other |
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prime focus |
| Processing Package / Processing Applied |
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Stacked in Nebulosity 2.2.6 using drizzle at 150%, automatic histogram matching color balance, and ddp. Further processing in Photoshop CS3 including curves, Carboni's Tools, and slight noise reduction in the background. |
| Web Site |
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chucks astro site |
| NOTES |
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this galaxy is the most distant of the local group, and is quite hard to see, or image. Magnitude 11.9 spread over 5 x 6 arc minutes. The Sky was very good, VLM about 6, transparency average, stability 8/10 |
