Date Taken: Dec 2 and 3, 2004
Location: Denton, Texas
Telescope: Orion ED80 f/7.5 FL 600mm
Guiding: ST-4 thru C8 at f/6.3 FL 1280mm
Mount: Takahashi EM-10
Camera: Canon 300D @ Prime Focus
Camera Control and Focusing: ImagesPlus from laptop computer
Exposure: 8 x 5 min.(Dec 2); 23 x 4 min.(Dec 3) All at ISO 1600. All in Raw Mode
Processing:Raws Converted to TIFFs in ImagesPlus(IP)
Calibrated with Adaptive Darks and Greyscale Flats in IP
Translated and Rotated in IP
Aligned and Average Combined in IP
Digital Development, Levels and Multi-resolution Sharpening in IP
Cropped and Resized in IP
Neat Image for Residual Noise
Conditions:Mag 3-4; 5/10 Seeing; 8/10 Transparency
Ambient Temp 40-45F