| Object: |
|
M101 (Numerous other galaxies can be seen
in this field)
|
| Coordinates: |
|
RA
= 14h 03m, DEC = +54° 21' |
| Telescope: |
|
Televue
NP-101 (4-inch f/5.4 APO refractor) |
| Mount: |
|
Losmandy
G11 German
Equatorial |
| Guide
Scope: |
|
Orion
Short Tube 80mm refractor |
| Guide
Camera: |
|
Orion
StarShoot AutoGuider & PHD2 guiding
software |
| Imaging
Camera: |
|
QHY163M
|
| Filters/Exposures: |
|
Sixteen
4-minute RGB exposures and ten 4-minute Ha exposures (3-hours
52-minutes total). Stacked in MaximDL,
and processed in Photoshop CS6. |
| Shooting
Location: |
|
Staunton River Star Party at the Staunton River
State Park in
Scottsburg, VA.
|
| Date/Time: |
|
16
& 17 March 2018, UT
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| Comments: |
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