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Object Type:
Emission nebula
Constellation: Cygnus
Size: 16' x 9'
Equipment:
Meade 14" LX200R/STL-11000M/Astrodon RGB filters/Paramount ME
F-ratio: f/9.5
Exposure: RRGB: R 10 x 16 minutes, binned 2x2: G 10 x 7 minutes: B 10 x 7
minutes: GB binned 3x3
Date: August 29-30, 2008
Location: Landers, California, USA
Technical Notes: Individual
exposures were obtained using CCDAutoPilot2 and then sigma combined. The RGB image was created in Registar 1.0. A high-pass filter of 4 pixels was selectively
applied to the bright portions of the luminance image. Reduce Noise was applied to the RGB
image. A copy of the RGB was combined with the original using Soft Light to enhance color.
