| M17 Wide Field - The Swan's Lake |
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ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING DETAILS
| placeholder | Object: | M17 "The Swan" |
| Constellation | Sagittarius | |
| Date: | 7/4/2005 | |
| Location: | Tierra Verde, Florida | |
| Weather: | Warm, Very humid, Good Seeing, FWHM 1.20 | |
| Instrument: | Borg 76ED @ F7 - 1.04X Flattener | |
| Mount: | Celestron NexStar 11 GPS | |
| Guiding: | Internal | |
| Camera: | SBIG STL-11000M | |
| Filters: | Astronomik RGB, Astronomik 14nm H-alpha | |
| . Software: | MaxIm/DL, The Sky 6, ASCOM POTH | |
| Exposures: | Ha:
8x900
seconds @ 1X1 Binning R: 3x600 seconds @ 1x1 Binning G: 3x600 seconds @ 1x1 Binning B: 3x600 seconds @ 1x1 Binning |
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| Processing: | PhotoShop CS, MaxIm/DL | |
| Remarks: | Image reduced 80% for Web display. Color balance at R:1.3, G:1, B:1.2 and 80% H-alpha in the red channel | |
