Tripod/Piggyback (No Scope)  
Piggyback North American Nebula (NGC7000)

Piggyback North American Nebula (NGC7000)(Teri Smoot)

Acquisition Date : May 12, 2005
Camera : Canon EOS20D with 200mm/f2.8 (at f5.0)
Camera Settings : ISO 1600, Daylight White Balance, 3 minute exposures
Telescope : NA (Piggybacked on TEC-140)
Mount : Losmandy G11/Gemini
Adapter / Prime / Afocal / Other : NA (Camera lens)
Processing Package / Processing Applied : Images Plus 2.5 Beta 11 for focusing, acquisition, RAW conversion, flat (using telescope flat!??), dark, and bias compensation, alignment and stacking (10 images), background removal. Photoshop CS for image enhancement. Back to IP for binning, Neat Image for noise removal, and Paintshop Pro for gamma adjustement and small crop.
Web Site : Through The Eyepiece Site
NOTES : Processing on this was very tough -- never did get good results in IP. Images were taken with object at low elevation as well. Need more data but don't know if I'll get it. First try at Piggyback with 20D.

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