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11/17/2012

vdb 31 & Barnard 26-28

The Cottage Observatory

Target: vdb 31 & Barnard 26-28 (LRGB/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: 2 second guide exposures using a SSAG through a Stellarvue SV66ED
Software: acquisition - MaxIm DL 5, processing - DeepSkyStacker, AstroArt & Adobe Photoshop
Exposure Information: 50 x 5 minutes binned at 1x1 using a Baader Lum filter.
9 x 5 binned at 1x1 for each RGB channel. 6 Hours 25 minutes total exposure time.
All exposures were dithered.
Bias, Darks and Flats applied.
Comments: This is my first attempt at this kind of object.

SBIG ST-8300M,Astro-Tech 8 Inch Imaging Newtonian

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