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Whirlpool Galaxy

Date: May 18 & 19, 2004 (Texas Star Party)
Place: Prude Ranch, Ft. Davis, TX
Telescope: Celestron 8" SCT F/6.3
Mount: Takahashi EM-10
Guiding: ST-4 thru Celestron 80mm F/5 piggybacked on C8
Camera: Canon 300D Digital at Prime Focus
Exposure: 2 each at 5 mins ISO 1600 in Jpeg at Large/Fine Resolution
Processing: 2 images calibrated and aligned in Images Plus
Images combined with Extended Addition in Images Plus
Levels adjusted in Images Plus
10 iterations of Adaptive Richardson-Lucy in Images Plus
Cropped and Resized in Images Plus
Noise adjusted with Neat Image
Ambient temp ~ 60*F


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