Object Notes:

• Constellation: Monoceros
• Location: RA: 06h 32m 00s Dec: 05d 07m 00s Epoch 2000
• Type: Diffuse Nebula/Open Cluster

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:

6 x 5 minutes Luminance unbinned 3 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:

2/08/05

Post Processing:

CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS