Date(s) taken: 15 December, 2001
Site: Backyard in Castro Valley, Ca.
Telescope Configuration: Takahashi FSQ106 piggybacked atop a Celestron CM1400 mounted on AP1200GOTO mount.
Image Specifics:
-LRGB (30x Clear @10 seconds, 11x Red, Green @45 seconds, 11x Blue @90 seconds)
-Telescope: Takahashi FSQ 106 (F = 530mm, f/5)
-Camera: SBIG ST7E NABG with CFW8 Color Filter Wheel, Imager at -25 C.
-Mount: AP1200GTO non-guided
-CCDSOFT v5 used for image capture, Maxim DL used for LRGB combine, AIP4WIN used for deconvolution, Photoshop 6.0 used for color adjustment and format conversion
Date(s) taken: 09 December, 2001
Site: Backyard in Castro Valley, Ca.
Telescope Configuration: AP155EDF with piggybacked Takahashi FSQ106 on AP1200GOTO mount.
Image Specifics:
-LRGB (25x Clear @ 10 seconds, 15x Red, Green @ 45 seconds, 10x Blue @ 90 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
(30 x 30 arcmin FOV)