Image Acquisition Information                      

 

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

                               Camera:       SBIG STL-6303

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

                               Filter:          Astrodon H-alpha

                               Mount:        Software Bisque Paramount ME

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

                               Processing Programs: CCDStack, Maxim DL, Photoshop

                               Date:July 7-August 11, 2007                              

                               Time: 25 x 20 min (8.3 hrs)                           

                               Processing:  CCD Stack and PhotoShop CS/2

 

Image Information:  The Pelican Nebula (IC 5070) is part of a large star forming region with large dust clouds obscuring portions of bright ionized gas. The entire nebula is over 30 light years in size and about 2,000 light years away

Processing Comments:  First image with the RC-16 properly callibrated and with an accurate T-Point Model. Seeing was about 1.8-2.4 arc-sec.  Images were collected over a 2 week period along with L, R, G, B, SII, OIII data (see next images).  Processing again minimal, using CCD Stack abd PS for image data stretching and smoothing.

 

 

 

 

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