Galaxies 14
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NGC 7479 Spiral Galaxy in Pegasus

Telescope - Intes Micro MK 809 8"  Mak Cass @ f/10, EFL = 2149mm

Camera -  Starlight Xpress SXV-H9

Mount - MI-250

LRGB, Lum= 49x300s,  R=24x180s, G=24x180s, B=24x306s,  all exposures guided with Tak Sky 90 and MX 716.  Images acquired with CCDAutopilot 3.40.    All exposures binned 1X1.   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 - September 11 and 12, 2007

 

NGC 7814 Spiral Galaxy in Pegasus

Telescope - Intes Micro MK 809 8"  Mak Cass @ f/10, EFL = 2149mm

Camera -  Starlight Xpress SXV-H9

Mount - MI-250

LRGB, Lum= 49x300s,  R=22x180s, G=24x180s, B=23x306s,  all exposures guided with Tak Sky 90 and MX 716.  Images acquired with CCDAutopilot 3.40.    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 - September 23 and October 4, 2007

 

 

M 74 Spiral Galaxy in Pisces

Telescope - Intes Micro MK 809 8"  Mak Cass @ f/10, EFL = 2149mm

Camera -  Starlight Xpress SXV-H9

Mount - MI-250

LRGB, Lum= 59x300s,  R=35x180s, G=40x180s, B=35x306s,  all exposures guided with Tak Sky 90 and MX 716.  Images acquired with CCDAutopilot 3.40.    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 - October 29  & 30, and November 1, 2007

 

M 82 The Cigar Galaxy

Camera - SXV-H9

Telescope - Intes Micro MK 809 8"  Mak Cass @ f/10  FL = 2041mm

Mount - MI-250

LRGB,  L= 82x300s, R=29x180s, G=29x180s, B=35x306s, Ha =14x600s  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

LHaRGB  410/87/87/115  Total 11.65 Hours

Date – Ha – February 5, 2005, Lum  - January 20, 2008,  RGB – January 25, 2008

 

M 82
 

M 101 The Pinwheel Galaxy

Camera - SXV-H9

Telescope - Intes Micro MK 809 8"  Mak Cass @ f/10  FL = 2041mm

Mount - MI-250

LRGB,  L= 91x300s, R=55x180s, G=48x180s, B=70x306s,  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

LRGB 455/165/144/350 Total 18.56 Hours

Date – April 21 & 27, 2008   Luminance

           May 4, 5, & 9, 2008   RGB

M 101

NGC 7331 The Deerlick Group

Camera - SXV-H9

Telescope - Intes Micro MK 809 8"  Mak Cass @ f/10  FL = 2041mm

Mount - MI-250

LRGB,  L= 61x300s, R=59x180s, G=51x180s, B=20x306s,  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

LRGB 305/150/153/105 Total 11.88 Hours

NGC 7331