Galaxies 11
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IC 2574 Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Major

Telescope - Intes Micro MK 809 8"  Mak Cass @ f/7.5 with AP 0.67 focal reducer, EFL = 1530mm

Camera -  Starlight Xpress SXV-H9

Mount - MI-250

LRGB,  L= 29x300s,  R=14x360s, G=8x360s, B=7x612s,  all exposures guided with Tak Sky 90 and MX 716.  Images acquired with CCDAutopilot 3.25.   Lum   binned 1X1,  RGB exposures binned 2X2.   Astronomik Type II RGB filters, Lum Sigma Clip combined in Maxim DL v4, RGB Sigma clip combined in Maxim DL v4,  LRGB combined and additional processing done in Photoshop CS.

Date - November 2, 20 and 22, 2006

 

IC 342 Spiral Galaxy in Camelopardalis

Telescope - Intes Micro MK 809 8"  Mak Cass @ f/7.5 with AP 0.67 focal reducer, EFL = 1530mm

Camera -  Starlight Xpress SXV-H9

Mount - MI-250

LRGB,  L= 24x300s,  R=7x360s, G=7x360s, B=6x612s,  all exposures guided with Tak Sky 90 and MX 716.  Images acquired with CCDAutopilot 3.25.   Lum   binned 1X1,  RGB exposures binned 2X2.   Astronomik Type II RGB filters, Lum Sigma Clip combined in Maxim DL v4, RGB Sigma clip combined in Maxim DL v4,  LRGB combined and additional processing done in Photoshop CS.

Date - September 3, 2006

 

 

 

NGC 4490 - Arp 269 Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici

Telescope - Intes Micro MK 809 8"  Mak Cass @ f/7.5 with AP 0.67 focal reducer, EFL = 1530mm

Camera -  Starlight Xpress SXV-H9

Mount - MI-250

LRGB, L= 30x300s,  R=8x180s, G=8x180s, B=9x306s,  all exposures guided with Tak Sky 90 and MX 716.  Images acquired with CCDAutopilot 3.30.   Lum  binned 1X1,  RGB exposures binned 2X2.   Astronomik Type II RGB filters, Lum Sigma Clip combined in Maxim DL v4, RGB Sigma clip combined in Maxim DL v4, LRGB combined and additional processing done in Photoshop CS2.

Date -  January 17,  2007

 

NGC  2903 Spiral Galaxy in Leo

Telescope - Intes Micro MK 809 8"  Mak Cass @ f/7.5 with AP 0.67 focal reducer, EFL = 1530mm

Camera -  Starlight Xpress SXV-H9

Mount - MI-250

LRGB, Lum= 27x300s,  R=10x180s, G=10x180s, B=10x306s,  all exposures guided with Tak Sky 90 and MX 716.  Images acquired with CCDAutopilot 3.30.    Lum  binned 1X1,  RGB exposures binned 2X2.   Astronomik Type II RGB filters, Lum Sigma Clip combined in Maxim DL v4, RGB Sigma clip combined in Maxim DL v4, LRGB combined and additional processing done in Photoshop CS2.

Date - January 20,  2007

 

NGC  3184 Spiral Galaxy in  Ursa Major

Telescope - Intes Micro MK 809 8"  Mak Cass @ f/7.5 with AP 0.67 focal reducer, EFL = 1530mm

Camera -  Starlight Xpress SXV-H9

Mount - MI-250

LRGB, Lum= 28x300s,  R=11x180s, G=10x180s, B=10x306s,  all exposures guided with Tak Sky 90 and MX 716.  Images acquired with CCDAutopilot 3.30.    Lum  binned 1X1,  RGB exposures binned 2X2.   Astronomik Type II RGB filters, Lum Sigma Clip combined in Maxim DL v4, RGB Sigma clip combined in Maxim DL v4, LRGB combined and additional processing done in Photoshop CS2.

Date - January 25,  2007