Site: Backyard in Castro Valley, Ca.
Telescope Configuration: AP155EDF with piggybacked Takahashi FSQ106 on AP1200GOTO mount.
Image Specifics:
-LRGB (20x Clear @ 45 seconds, 10x Red, Green @ 150 seconds, 10x Blue @ 210 seconds)
-Telescope: Astro-Physics AP155EDF with 0.75x Telecompressor (F = 814mm, f/5.25)
-Camera: SBIG ST7E NABG with CFW8 Color Filter Wheel, Imager at -15C.
-Mount: AP1200GTO unguided
-CCDSOFT v5 used for image capture, MaximDL used for stacking and LRGB combine
Date(s) taken: 06 October, 2001
Site: Backyard in Castro Valley, Ca.
Telescope Configuration: Dual Refractor configuration on AP1200GOTO mount.
Image Specifics:
-LRGB (1x Clear @5 minutes, 1x Red, Green @15 minutes, 1x Blue @24 minutes)
-Telescope: Takahashi FSQ 106 (F = 530mm, f/5)
-Camera: SBIG ST7E NABG with CFW8 Color Filter Wheel, Imager at -20 C.
-Mount: AP1200GTO Selfguided via ST7E
-CCDSOFT v5 used for image capture, Photoshop 5.5 used for LRGB combine
(15 x 15 arcmin FOV)