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