Object Notes:

• Constellation: Orion
• Location: RA: 05h 36m 30.0s Dec: -06d 42' 00" Epoch 2000
• Size: 2 x 2 arc-minutes
• Type: Diffuse Nebula
• AKA: LBN 979

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:

7 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:

2/03/05

Post Processing:

CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS