Instrument:

Meade 178ED 7" Apochromatic Refractor Telescope

Focal Ratio:

f9 (prime focus)

Camera:

SBIG STL-11000 CCD camera
(See product review in July, 2004 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine.)
with Astrodon Tru-Balance color filters.

Exposure:

12 x 5 minutes Luminance unbinned
4 x 5 minutes each R/G/B, all unbinned

Guiding:

Off-Axis with STV Autoguider (Santa Barbara Instrument Group)
(See product review in May, 2003 issue of Astronomy magazine.)
See Photo/Guiding Equipment.

Date:

7/02/05

Post Processing:

CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS