Galaxies 17
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NGC 1530 Spiral Galaxy in Camelopardalis

Camera - QSI 532 WS

Telescope - Astro Tech 10" RC @ f/6  FL = 1480mm

Mount - MI-250

LRGB,  L= 52x180s, 1x1 R=22x180s, G=22x180s, B=19x180s,  all exposures guided with Tak Sky 90 and MX 716.  All exposures taken with CCDAutopilot V5.  All exposures binned 1X1,   Astrodon Gen 2 E RGB filters, Lum Sigma Clip combined in Maxim DL v5, RGB Sigma clip combined in Maxim DL v5,  LRGB combined and additional processing done in Photoshop CS2 and PixInsight 1.7.

LRGB 156/66/66/57

Total 5.75 Hours

Date – LRGB - September 6 & 7, 2011

NGC 1530

NGC 7217 Spiral Galaxy in Pegasus

Camera - QSI 532 WS

Telescope - Astro Tech 10" RC @ f/6  FL = 1480mm

Mount - MI-250

LRGB,  L= 123x180s, 1x1 R=22x180s, G=15x180s, B=20x180s,  all exposures guided with Tak Sky 90 and MX 716.  All exposures taken with CCDAutopilot V5.   All exposures binned 1X1,   Astrodon Gen 2 E RGB filters, Lum Sigma Clip combined in Maxim DL v5, RGB Sigma clip combined in Maxim DL v5,  LRGB combined and additional processing done in Photoshop CS2 and PixInsight 1.7.

LRGB 123/66/45/60

Total 4.90 Hours

Date – LRGB -  July 31 &  August 4,  2011

NGC 7217
 

M51The Whirlpool Galaxy in Canes Venatici

Camera - QSI 532 WS

Telescope - Astro Tech 10" RC @ f/6  FL = 1480mm

Mount - MI-250

LRGB,  L= 41x180s, 1x1 R=17x180s, G=24x180s, B=22x180s,  all exposures guided with Tak Sky 90 and MX 716.  All exposures taken with CCDAutopilot V5.  All exposures biinned 1X1.   Astrodon Gen 2 E RGB filters, Lum Sigma Clip combined in Maxim DL v5, RGB Sigma clip combined in Maxim DL v5,  LRGB combined and additional processing done in Photoshop CS2 and Pixinxight 1.7.

LRGB 123/51/72/66

Total 5.20 Hours

Date – LRGB  - April 23-24, 2012

M51

M66 Spiral Galaxy in Leo

Camera - QSI 532 WS

Telescope - Astro Tech 10" RC @ f/6  FL = 1480mm

Mount - MI-250

LRGB,  L= 30x180s, 1x1 R=16x180s, G=15x180s, B=17x180s,  all exposures guided with Tak Sky 90 and MX 716.  All exposures taken with CCDAutopilot V5.  All exposures biinned 1X1.   Astrodon Gen 2 E RGB filters, Lum Sigma Clip combined in Maxim DL v5, RGB Sigma clip combined in Maxim DL v5,  LRGB combined and additional processing done in Photoshop CS2 and Pixinxight 1.7.

LRGB-90/48/45/51

Total 3.90 Hours

Date – LRGB  - April 11-12, 2012

M66
 

NGC 3628 Spiral Galaxy in Leo

Camera - QSI 532 WS

Telescope - Astro Tech 10" RC @ f/6  FL = 1480mm

Mount - MI-250

LRGB,  L= 93x180s, 1x1 R=19x180s, G=27x180s, B=22x180s,  all exposures guided with Tak Sky 90 and MX 716.  All exposures taken with CCDAutopilot V5.  All exposures biinned 1X1.   Astrodon Gen 2 E RGB filters, Lum Sigma Clip combined in Maxim DL v5, RGB Sigma clip combined in Maxim DL v5,  LRGB combined and additional processing done in Photoshop CS2 and Pixinxight 1.7.

LRGB 279/57/81/66

Total 8.05 Hours

Date – LRGB  - March 11-14,  2012

NGC 3628

Arp 273 Spiral Galaxy in Andromeda

Camera - QSI 532 WS

Telescope - Astro Tech 10" RC @ f/8 FL = 1981mm

Mount - MI-250

LRGB,  L= 44x180s, 1x1 R=15x180s, G=13x180s, B=16x180s,  all exposures guided with Tak Sky 90 and MX 716.  All exposures taken with CCDAutopilot V5.  All exposures biinned 1X1.   Astrodon Gen 2 E RGB filters, Lum Sigma Clip combined in Maxim DL v5, RGB Sigma clip combined in Maxim DL v5,  LRGB combined and additional processing done in Photoshop CS2 and Pixinxight 1.7.

LRGB-132/45/39/48

Total 4.40 Hours

Date – LRGB  - November 1, 2012

Arp 273