NGC6946


 


Optics: Celestron 9.25" SCT @ f/6.3 via Focal Reducer

Mount: Losmandy G-11 with Digital Drive

Camera: ST-8XE NABG w/CFW-8

Exposure Info:  94mins(2min x 47) Lum Bin 1x1
                           30mins(5min x 6) Red Bin 2x2
                           30mins(5min x 6) Green Bin 2x2
                           50mins(5min x 10) Blue Bin 2x2

Chip Temp: -15C(Lum) , -20C(RGB)

Location:   The well-lit skies of my backyard in Grandville, Michigan (Lum)
                  Jason Blaschka's House in Lake Odessa, Michigan (RGB)

Processing Notes:    Light frames were dark subtracted and flat fielded with master dark and master flat
  
                                          in CCDSoft v5.  Images were aligned in Registar v1.0
                                    Reduced images were median combined in Ray Gralak's Sigma-Clip Beta 10
                                    DDP applied in AIP4WIN
                                    Adjustments with Levels, Curves, slight Unsharp Mask, and LRGB assembly were done in
                                    Photoshop v6.0