NGC 891 CNebulaX Overlay (Luminance/SBIG ST-8300M)
The Cottage Observatory
Target: NGC 891 CNebulaX Overlay(Luminance/SBIG ST-8300M)
Imaging Scope: Astro-Tech 8" Imaging Newtonian w/Baader Coma Corrector @ prime focus
Mount: Orion Atlas EQ-G (EQMOD)
Imager: SBIG ST-8300M @ -10C below ambient w/Hutech IDAS filter
Guiding: 1 second guide exposures using a SSAG through a Stellarvue SV66ED
Software: acquisition - MaxIm DL 5, processing - CCDSoft 5, AstroArt & Adobe Photoshop
Exposure Information: 20 x 10 minutes binned at 1x1 using a Baader Luminance filter.
3 Hours 20 minutes total exposure time.
All exposures were dithered. Darks and Flats applied.
Comments: I left the brightness up some to bring out the
fainter background galaxies. Created an overlay using CNebulaX.
SBIG ST-8300M,Astro-Tech 8 Inch Imaging Newtonian
All Images Copyright by Bill Worley