11/10/2010
Salisbury, NC
SV152 triplet refractor (TMB 152mm F/8 lens) at F/6 (AP .75X reducer)
AP900 GTO
Orion StarShoot Mono Imaging Camera III and 5 Filter Wheel
Aquired in Maxim DL Pro v 5.12 (better control than Essentials), Simple Dark frame option (1 dark frame prior to exposure series). Stacked in Maxim DL Pro in Sigma Clip mode, color combine in Maxim DL Pro. Final processing PhotoShop CS4.
(30x10 minutes luminance binned 1x), (6x5 minutes each RGB frames binned 2x)
Aquired in Maxim DL Pro version 5.12 (better control than Essentials version), Simple Dark frame option (one dark frame prior to exposure series). Stacked in Maxim DL Pro in Sigma Clip mode, color combine in Maxim DL Pro. Final processing in PhotoShop CS