M48 Wide Field STL11000M First Light

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    ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING DETAILS

placeholder Object: M48
Constellation Hydra
Date: 5/2/2005
Location: Tierra Verde, Florida
Weather: Warm, Good Seeing, FWHM 1.34
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: 3x300 seconds @ 1X1 Binning
R: 3x300 seconds @ 1x1 Binning
G: 3x300 seconds @ 1x1 Binning
B: 3x300 seconds @ 1x1 Binning 
Processing: PhotoShop CS, MaxIm/DL
Remarks: First light image for STL-11000M. Image cropped 20% and reduced 80% for Web display. Color balance at R:1.25, G:1, B:1.15

 


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