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Old 04-10-2009, 10:21 AM
TrevorW
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Melotte 15 (Image acquistion J. Misti)

  • Constellation: Cassiopeia
  • Location: RA: 02h 33m 15s Dec: 61d 24m 30s Epoch 2000
  • Type: Diffuse Nebula/Open Cluster
  • AKA: OCL 352

Instrument:
Ritchey-Chretien 32" Telescope
Focal Ratio:
f7.2 (prime focus)
Camera:
SBIG STL-11000 CCD camera
Exposure:
14 x 5 minutes Luminance unbinned,5 x 5 minutes each R/G/B, all binned 3x3,9 x 15 minutes Hydrogen Alpha, unbinned
Guiding:
Off-Axis with STV Autoguider (Santa Barbara Instrument Group)
Date:
11/10/04 (L/R/G/B), and 10/25/05 (H-Alpha)
Post Processing by T. Warner:

Photoshop CS 3, each colour loaded into channels and combined, Ha, L loaded into layers adjusted and combined. Curves, color balance, Carboni actions

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Last edited by TrevorW; 04-10-2009 at 11:25 AM.
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