Object Notes:

• Constellation: Cassiopeia
• Location: RA: 02h 26m 33s Dec: 62d 03m 20s Epoch 2000
• Type: Diffuse/Dark Nebula
• AKA: LBN 645

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:

15 x 5 minutes Luminance unbinned, 4 x 5 minutes each R/G/B 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:

12/10/04

Post Processing:

CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS