Taken under very poor skies. But it wasn't raining and the moon was new. Seeing was poor and high clouds for much of the night. I had to pack up earlier than planned when the wind picked up to 20+ mph, my mount won't handle that.

Reprocessed in 2019. More aggressive Deconvolution in CCD Stack of the Luminance Layer with Layer Masks in Photoshop CC. Added Luminance to color in Lab Color.

Image Details:
Date Taken - April 3, 2011
Locatioin - West of Columbia, MO
Telescope: William Optics FLT 110
Flattener: W/O Flattener/Reducer IV system at f5.6
Mount: Celestron CGE Guided with a Meade DSI Pro & PHD Guide
Camera: SBIG ST8300M & FW5-8300 filter wheel with Baader LRGB Filters
Exposures: 8x8 minutes Luminace 2x6 minutes RGB
Software: CCDSoft, CCDStack, PhotoShop CS3, Noise Ninjz, Carboni's Tools