| Acquisition Date |
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1st October 2005 |
| Camera |
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Modified Nikon D70 with Edmunds Optics anti-reflection coated clear optical glass replacing the IR filter |
| Camera Settings |
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ISO1600, 12 shots from 60 seconds to 81 seconds unguided |
| Telescope |
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William Optics 80/480 triplet fluorite piggybacked on a Nexstar 11 GPS |
| Mount |
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Nexstar 11 GPS |
| Adapter / Prime / Afocal / Other |
: |
Televue .8X flattener/reducer - a very nice accessory plus Baader UV/IR block filter |
| Processing Package / Processing Applied |
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Images Plus for aligning and combining the shots and some mild processing - stretch, digital development, slight brightness and contrast adjustment. Not a lot of processing. Preprocessed with Nikon Capture Editor which was also used to capture the images on a Dell Laptop to preview the images for focus and framing of the shot. |
