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b72 - Snake Nebula

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Instrument:
Takahashi FSQ 106N (on loan courtesy of Steve Mazlin)
Focal Ratio:
f5
Camera:
SBIG STL-11000 CCD camera
(See product review in July, 2004 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine.)
Exposure:
11 x 5 minutes Luminance unbinned
3 x 5 minutes each R/G/B, all unbinned
Guiding:
Meade 7" Refractor with STV Autoguider (Santa Barbara Instrument Group)
(See product review in May, 2003 issue of Astronomy magazine.)
See Photo/Guiding Equipment.
Date:
5/31/06
Post Processing:
CCDSoft, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS