Object Notes:

• Constellation: Cepheus
• Location: RA: 21h 34m 00s Dec: 57d 30m 00s
• 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:

5 x 5 minutes Luminance unbinned
2 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:

10/10/04

Post Processing:

CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS