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6/17/06

M13

Skunk Hollow Observatory

Messier 13. Shot using a Meade LX200 10" f/6.3 telescope at approx. f/4.7 using a SBIG ST-2000XM with a color filter wheel (CFW8a). 40 minutes (8 x 5) luminance at 2x2 binned. 10 (2 x 5) minutes for each RGB channel at 2x2 binned. Acquired using CCDOps. Aligned and combined in CCDSoft 5. Dark and light frames applied. DDP applied & Color Combined in AstroArt 2.0. Self guided by the SBIG ST-2000XM imager. Transparency was poor. Outside temp was approx. 75F.

SBIG ST-2000XM,Meade LX200 10

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Guest 09-Jul-2012 14:46
Luv it! Great fine details. V.