Object Notes:

• Constellation: Cygnus
• Location: RA: 20h 25m 08s Dec: 40d 19m 00s Epoch 2000
• Type: Diffuse/Dark Nebula

Instrument:

Ritchey-Chretien 32" Telescope

Focal Ratio:

f7.2 (prime focus)

Camera:

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

Exposure:

12 x 5 minutes Luminance unbinned
4 x 5 minutes each R/G/B, all binned 3x3

Guiding:

Off-Axis with STV Autoguider (Santa Barbara Instrument Group)
(See product review in May, 2003 issue of Astronomy magazine.)
See Photo/Guiding Equipment.

Date:

9/07/04

Post Processing:

CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS