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4-12-08

M106

San Diego, CA

M106 galaxy, in Canes Venatici. First light with Meade DSI Pro III. Dual camera imaging, 334 minutes total exposure completed in 3 hours 40 minutes elapsed time.

Luminance: 34 x 5 minutes
DSI Pro III, Hutech IDAS LPS, through Celestron C80ED at f/7.5,

RGB: 12, 14, and 15 x 4 minutes
DSI Pro II, Meade RGB filters, Atik Manual Filter Wheel, through Sigma APO 175-500mm lens at 310mm focal length.

Mounted on 8" LX90, with DSI Pro guiding at f/5.

Raw frames dark calibrated and flat/flat-dark calibrated in Autostar Image Processing. Differential between Average Stack and Median Stack used to generate pixel map mask for Average Stack / Median Stack combining. Post processing in PhotoShop


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