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NGC 4762 and 4754

Interacting Lenticular Galaxies in Virgo

Optics/Mount: CPC1100 with f6.3 Celestron reducer on a Milburn Wedge. Dec antibacklash set to 27/27.
Camera: QHY8
Exposure: 16 x 15 minutes
Date: April 2, 2011
Conditions: Seeing 2/5, Transparency 2-3/5. Slight breezes.
Light pollution: Bortle white zone
Filter: Orion Skyglow Imaging Filter

Image scale at capture: 0.94 arcsec/pixel = f/6.07
Scale of presentation: 1.25 arcsecs/pixel (75%); frame cropped to eliminate coma in corners
Capture software: Sequence Generator and Nebulosity 2.
Guiding Hardware: DSI II Pro, Taurus Tracker III off axis guider. Guiding scale 1 arcsec/pixel.
Guiding Software: PHD. Aggressiveness 90, Hysteresis 0, Minimum Move 0.6, Max RA 1000, Max Dec 350. Dec set to auto/resist switching. Dithering set to Extreme with Settle < 0.5.
Guiding performance: FWHM 4.1 arc seconds. RMS 0.65 arc seconds, OSC 0.45. Calibration steps 7 x 8. Very slight elongation in RA.
Processing: Calibration in Nebulosity 2, stacked with Deep Sky Stacker, post-processed with Photoshop CS2.


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