Object Notes:

• Constellation: Cepheus
• Location: RA: 22h 57m 11s Dec: 62d 35m 30s Epoch 2000
• Type: Diffuse Nebula
• AKA: Cave 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:

13 x 5 minutes Luminance unbinned
4 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:

10/14/04

Post Processing:

CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS