| Acquisition Date |
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February 1/2, first 32 subs, February 28, 12 subs |
| Camera |
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Canon 350d Modified by Hap Griffin |
| Camera Settings |
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RAW, 44 ten minute exposures controlled by Nebulosity 2.0.11 |
| Telescope |
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Meade LX200 Classic 12-inch with Vixen ED80 guidescope and Meade DSI pro I via PHD |
| Mount |
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LX200 |
| Adapter / Prime / Afocal / Other |
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Meade 6.3 FFFR close coupled for f 6.8 |
| Processing Package / Processing Applied |
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images acquired, warm pixel conversion, stacked and color balanced in Nebulosity 2.0.11, post processing including gradient EXterminator, Noise Ninja, and Noel Carboni's actions in Photoshop CS3 |
| Web Site |
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chucks astro site |
| NOTES |
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finally, the last night of the month, got two hours more exposure and reprocessed all the earlier subs. The sky cleared at 8:30 and held till almost 11... |