| Acquisition Date |
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2/27-28/09 |
| Camera |
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Canon XS (Hutech modified)
ISO 800; raw capture |
| Camera Settings |
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For color: 12 @ 5 min. with Lumicon Minus Violet filter
For luminance: 18 @ 5 min. with Kenko R-64 filter |
| Telescope |
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Nikon 300mm ED @ f/4.5 |
| Mount |
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Losmandy G-11 |
| Processing Package / Processing Applied |
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Focused using live view.
Images were aligned and combined with ImagesPlus.
Layers were combined and adjusted in Photoshop CS2 (levels, curves, slight cropping) |
| Web Site |
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www.astronomyphotos.com |
| NOTES |
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This was a challenging object to capture. I had to navigate between trees as this was relatively low in the sky for me. |
