Image Acquisition Information                      

 

                               Telescope:   16" RCOS Ritchey-Chretien Telescope (ion milled at f/9) 

                               Location:     The Lost Valley Observatory, loated at Sierra Remote

                                                 Observatories in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California 

                               Camera:       SBIG STL-6303

                               Guiding:       Astrodon  MOAG AOG (SBIG 237 with .65 FLR)

                               Filters:        Astrodon H-alpha

                               Mount:        Software Bisque Paramount ME

                               Acquisition Programs:   The Sky,CCDAutopliot III, CCD Soft. 

                               Processing Programs: CCDStack, Maxim DL, Photoshop CS3

                               Date:: January 1-January  19, 2008                              

                               Time: 21x20 min, total of 7 hours                           

                               Processing:  CCD Stack and PhotoShop CS/3

 

Image Information:  An irreegularly lit planetary nebula in Taurus.  It has an unusually bright central star, magnitude 9.5. 

Processing Comments:  This image was challenging as it was shot durring a full moon, causing some background variation. Assembled with CCDStack, with  processing (levels/curves, High Pass Filter, Kodac Gem) in PS CS3. 

 

 

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