| NOTES |
DATE:
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Monday, June 6, 2011 |
TIME:
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2:01 - 2:27 am EDT
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CAMERA:
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Canon 550D (Hutech modified)
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EXPOSURE:
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12 minutes (24 x 30 seconds) @ ISO 3200 |
LOCATION:
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Richard Township Park |
INSTRUMENT:
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Celestron 9.25" EdgeHD Aplanatic Schmidt-Cassegrain (with Optec Lepus 0.62x Focal Reducer) |
| MOUNT: |
Celestron CGEM Computerized Mount |
PROCESSING:
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Preprocessed, aligned, rotated, and stacked with Nebulosity 2. Further processing done with
Adobe Photoshop CS3. |
COMMENTS:
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Not
the prettiest image of M51 ever taken, but I wanted to capture
Supernova 2011dh (pointed out with the arrow above). The
supernova was spotted about 5 days before this image was taken. It's a
Type 2 supernova, which is caused by the explosion of a single massive
star.
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