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Read MoreM45 - The Pleiades Date: 11/28/11 This is a combination of 2 night of data. RGB - 10 x 1min each LRGB - 5 x 5 minutes each Calibration 20,20,20 Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106ED with CAA Mount: Astro-Physics Mach1GTO Guider: Meade DSI Pro through Astrodon MMOAG, with 2 Px dither CCD: Finger Lakes Instruments ML11002 CCD, with 65mm shutter Fiter Wheel: Finger Lakes Instruments CFW-2-7 Filters: Baader 50.8mm LRGB Software: MaximDL, Registar, Photoshop CS3 with Carboni & GXT Location: Light polluted back yard in El Paso, Texas Polar Alignment: PoleAlignMax
Date: Shot over 5 nights in 2013 - 9/21, 9/23, 9/24, 9/28, 9/29 This is a combination of 5 night of data: 4 x 30 min SII 10 x 30 Min Ha 16 x 30 Min OIII 60 x 1 Min RGB (20 Each) Calibration 20,20,20 16 hours of total integration time Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106ED with CAA Mount: Astro-physics Mach1 GTO Guider: Meade DSI Pro through Astrodon MMOAG, with 2 Px Dither CCD: Finger Lakes Instruments ML11002 CCD, with 65mm shutter Fiter Wheel: Finger Lakes Instruments CFW-2-7 Filters: Astrodon 3nm Ha, OIII and SII, Baader 50.8mm LRGB, Software: MaximDL, Registar, Photoshop CS3 with Carboni & GXT Location: Light polluted back yard in El Paso, Texas Polar Alignment: PoleAlignMax - Error
Widefield view of the Double Cluster (Caldwell 14) ~1.5 hours of LRGB L=10x300s R=10x60 G=10x60 B=10x60 Calibration 20,20,10 flats of each LRGB Date: 11/22/11 Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106ED with CAA Mount: Astro-Physics Mach1GTO Guider: Meade DSI Pro through Astrodon MMOAG, with 2 Px Dither CCD: Finger Lakes Instruments ML11002 CCD, with 65mm shutter Fiter Wheel: Finger Lakes Instruments CFW-2-7 Filters: Baader 50.8mm LRGB Software: MaximDL, Registar, Photoshop CS3 with Carboni & GXT Location: Light polluted back yard in El Paso, Texas Polar Alignment: PoleAlignMax
NGC1499 - The California Nebula
Date: 1/27/10, 12/08/10, 12/13/10, 12/24/10, 12/25/10, 1/1/11, 1/3/11 This is a combination of 7 night of data, Mapped in Near-True-Color. 15 x 30 min SII 13 x 30 Min Ha 7 x 30 Min OIII 60 x 1 Min RGB (20 Each) Calibration 20,20,20 Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106ED with CAA Mount: Losmandy Ovision G11 Gemini Guider: Meade DSI Pro through Astrodon MMOAG, with 2 Px Dither CCD: Finger Lakes Instruments ML11002 CCD, with 65mm shutter Fiter Wheel: Finger Lakes Instruments CFW-2-7 Filters: Baader 50.8mm LRGB, Ha & OIII Software: MaximDL, Registar, Photoshop CS3 with Carboni & GXT Location: Light polluted back yard in El Paso, Texas Polar Alignment: Polar Scope Only
Veil-complex Re-shoot - in Ha Ha - 6 x 30 min @-30C 20,20,20 Calibration frames Date: 6/25/11 Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106ED with CAA Mount: Losmandy G11 Gemini with Ovision Worm Guider: Meade DSI Pro through Astrodon MMOAG with 2 Pixel Dither CCD: Finger Lakes Instruments ML11002 CCD, with 65mm shutter Fiter Wheel: Finger Lakes Instruments CFW-2-7 Filters: Baader 50.8mm Hydrogen Alpha Software: MaximDL, Registar, Photoshop CS3 with Carboni & GXT Location: Light polluted back yard in El Paso, Texas Polar Alignment: Polar Scope 0nly
The Orion Complex - Hydrogen Alpha This is an Orion 8-frame mosaic of the Orion area. Full Image - 7400 x 8400 pixels or about 62 megapixels Total Exposure time - 30 hours @ -30C This image is 8 frames and was shot over 9 nights Date: 1/12/11, 1/10/11, 1/13/11, 1/17/11, 12/31/10, 1/24/11, 1/26/11, 12/24/10, 12/25/10 Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106ED with CAA Mount: Losmandy G11 Gemini with Ovision Worm Guider: Meade DSI Pro through Astrodon MMOAG with 2 Pixel Dither CCD: Finger Lakes Instruments ML11002 CCD, with 65mm shutter Fiter Wheel: Finger Lakes Instruments CFW-2-7 Filters: Baader 50.8mm Hydrogen Alpha Software: MaximDL, Registar, Photoshop CS3 with Carboni & GXT Location: Light polluted back yard in El Paso, Texas Polar Alignment: Polar Alignment Scope only
Date: 6/25/11 Shot over 7 evenings, 11/27, 12/08, 12/13, 12/24, 12/25, 1/1/11, 1/3/11 Exposure: Mapped in near-true-Color. 13 x 30 Min Ha @-30C 20,20,20 Calibration frames Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106ED with CAA Mount: Losmandy G11 Gemini with Ovision Worm Guider: Meade DSI Pro through Astrodon MMOAG CCD: Finger Lakes Instruments ML11002 CCD, with 65mm shutter Fiter Wheel: Finger Lakes Instruments CFW-2-7 Filters: Baader 50.8mm Ha, OIII, SII & LRGB Software: MaximDL, Registar, Photoshop CS3 with Carboni & GXT Location: Light polluted back yard in El Paso, Texas Polar Alignment: Polar Scope 0nly