NGC 3718 - Arp Peculiar Galaxy 214 in Ursa Major
Camera - SXV-H9
Telescope - Intes Micro MK 809 8" Mak Cass @ f/7.5 with AP 0.67 focal reducer, EFL = 1530mm
Mount - MI-250
LRGB, L= 24x300s, R=10x180s, G=12x180s, B=12x306s, all exposures guided with Tak Sky 90 and MX 716. 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 - February 6, 2006
M 51 Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici
Camera - SXV-H9
Telescope - Intes Micro MK 809 8" Mak Cass @ f/7.5 with AP 0.67 focal reducer, EFL = 1530mm
Mount - MI-250
LRGB, L= 44x300s, R=8x180s, G=8x180s, B=8x306s, all exposures guided with Tak Sky 90 and MX 716. 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 - February 7, 2006 and February 13, 2004
M 63 Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici
Camera - SXV-H9
Telescope - Intes Micro MK 809 8" Mak Cass @ f/7.5 with AP 0.67 focal reducer, EFL = 1530mm
Mount - MI-250
LRGB, L= 28x300s, R=15x180s, G=12x180s, B=12x306s, all exposures guided with Tak Sky 90 and MX 716. 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 - February 18, 2006
NGC 3198 Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Major
Camera - SXV-H9
Telescope - Intes Micro MK 809 8" Mak Cass @ f/7.5 with AP 0.67 focal reducer, EFL = 1530mm
Mount - MI-250
LRGB, L= 17x600s, R=14x180s, G=15x180s, B=15x306s, all exposures guided with Tak Sky 90 and MX 716. Images acquired with CCDAutopilot 3.03. 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 - February 20, 2006
M 96 Spiral Galaxy in Leo
Camera - SXV-H9
Telescope - Intes Micro MK 809 8" Mak Cass @ f/7.5 with AP 0.67 focal reducer, EFL = 1530mm
Mount - MI-250
LRGB, L= 29x300s, R=7x360s, G=7x360s, B=6x612s, all exposures guided with Tak Sky 90 and MX 716. Images acquired with CCDAutopilot 3.03. 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 - February 23 and 25, 2006
NGC 4244 Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici
Camera - SXV-H9
Telescope - Intes Micro MK 809 8" Mak Cass @ f/7.5 with AP 0.67 focal reducer, EFL = 1530mm
Mount - MI-250
LRGB, L= 28x300s, R=20x360s, G=11x360s, B=9x612s, all exposures guided with Tak Sky 90 and MX 716. Images acquired with CCDAutopilot 3.03. 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 - March 3 and 4, 2006
