M23 Open Cluster Wide Field

amateur astronomy
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astrophotography

 

 

  ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING DETAILS

placeholder Object: M23 Open Cluster
Constellation Sagittarius
Date: 5/9/2005
Location: Tierra Verde, Florida
Weather: Warm, Good Seeing, FWHM 1.54
Instrument: Borg 76ED @ F7 - 1.04X Flattener
Mount: Celestron NexStar 11 GPS
Guiding: Internal
Camera: SBIG STL-11000M
Filters: Astronomik LRGB
. Software: MaxIm/DL, The Sky 6, ASCOM POTH
Exposures: L: 4x600 seconds @ 1X1 Binning
R: 3x600 seconds @ 1x1 Binning
G: 3x600 seconds @ 1x1 Binning
B: 3x600 seconds @ 1x1 Binning 
Processing: PhotoShop CS, MaxIm/DL
Remarks: Image cropped 5% and reduced 80% for Web display. Color balance at R:1.3, G:1, B:1.2

 


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