Astral Imaging at Dogwood Ridge Observatory

Latitude: 37°48'51.0" N"
Longitude:78°23'41.0"W
Scottsville, Virginia 24590

 

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The Veil Nebulae - RGB
 

 

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The RGB data is compiled of 7-20 minute red, blue, and green images. A total of 7 hours of data was used for this image. All data was acquired using MaxImDl/CCD version 5.15 using ACP.   Images were reduced and saved in MaxImDl version 5.  Alignment, average combining, along with histogram stretching, deconvolution, and HDRWavelets was done using Pix Insight.  Photoshop CS 5 was used to create the JPG versions for web presentation.  The image data was collected between August 22-30, 2011.

Equipment and Location Information

Date August 22-30, 2011
Location Dogwood Ridge Observatory
Optics Takahashi FSQ-106ED
Mount Astro Physics AP1200GTO
Camera SBIG STL11000M
Filters Baader LRGB 2" unmounted in the SBIG FW8
Conditions Temperature middle  60s -  low 50s with very moderate  seeing. Transparency good to moderate.

    
  Last Modified :01/23/09 12:40 AM