Object Notes:

• Constellation: Cassiopeia
• Location: RA: 00h 53m 00s Dec: 56d 37m 00s Epoch 2000
• Type: Emission Nebula
• AKA: IC 11, Pacman 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:

15 x 5 minutes Luminance unbinned,
4 x 5 minutes each R/G/B, all unbinned
7 x 15 minutes Hydrogen Alpha, unbinned

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:

10/25/05

Post Processing:

CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS