| NOTES |
DATE:
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Friday, October 8, 2010 - Saturday, October 9, 2010 |
TIME:
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10:43 pm - 2:11 am EDT
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CAMERA:
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Canon 550D (Hutech modified)
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EXPOSURE:
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2 hours 30
minutes (30 x 5 minutes @ ISO 1600) |
LOCATION:
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Okie-Tex Star Party (Camp Billy Joe located near Kenton, Oklahoma)
|
TELESCOPE:
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TMB-92SS triplet refractor (with Tele Vue Focal Reducer/Field
Flattener)
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| MOUNT: |
Celestron CGEM Computerized Mount |
| GUIDING: |
Borg Mini 50mm refractor and Orion StarShoot AutoGuider |
PROCESSING:
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Registered, aligned, stacked, and dark frame subtracted with Deep Sky
Stacker. Further processing done with
Adobe Photoshop CS3 (using Noel Carboni's Astronomy Tools) and Noise Ninja 2. |
COMMENTS:
|
The
North American Nebula (NGC 7000) is one of those
objects that actually looks like its namesake. You can clearly
make out the east and west coast, Florida, and Mexico regions of the
nebula. This nebula is part a massive complex in the
constellation Cygnus and is believed to be 3,000 light-years
distant. It
can be seen with the naked eye, but best viewed through binoculars or a
rich-field telescope. |
