Instrument:

Nikon 500mm f8 Catadioptric Lens

Focal Ratio:

f8

Camera:

SBIG STL-11000 CCD camera
(See product review in July, 2004 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine.)

Exposure:

11 x 5 minutes Luminance, 4 x 5 minutes each R/G/B, all unbinned

Guiding:

Meade 7" Refractor with STV Autoguider (Santa Barbara Instrument Group)
(See product review in May, 2003 issue of Astronomy magazine.)
See Photo/Guiding Equipment.

Date:

7/23/04

Post Processing:

CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS