Image Acquisition Information                      

 

                               Telescope:   16" RCOS Ritchey-Chretien Telescope (ion milled at 6/9) 

                               Camera:       SBIG STL-6303 M

                               Guiding:       SBIG AOL,  Astrodon  MOAG AOG (SBIG 237 with FLR)

                               Filters:        Astrodon Ha, SII, OIII

                               Mount:        Software Bisque Paramount ME

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

                               Processing Programs: CCDStack, Maxim DL, Photoshop

                               Date:July 7-Augusr 11, 2007                              

                               Time: 18x20 min ( 6 hours) each for SII, HA, OIII: total 24 hrs                           

                               Processing:  CCD Stack and PhotoShop CS/2

 

Image Infornmation:  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

Additional Comments:  Image processing involved Hubble Palette blending of SII (Red), Ha (Green) and OIII (Blue).  Color combine in Maxim DL, data stretching (curves) and further processing (unsharp mask and Kodac Gem) in Photoshop CS/2.

 

 

 

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