| Object: |
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M42,
Great Orion Nebula
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| Coordinates: |
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RA
= 05h 35m 17.3s, DEC = -05° 23' 28" |
| Telescope: |
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Televue
NP-101 (4-inch f/5.4 APO refractor)
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| Mount: |
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Losmandy
G11 German
Equatorial |
| Guide
Scope: |
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Stellarvue
S80/9D refractor supported by a Robin Casady TGAD (Tandem Guidescope
Aiming Device) |
| Guide
Camera: |
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Orion
StarShoot
AutoGuider
with PHD guiding software |
| Imaging
Camera: |
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QSI
583ws
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| Filters/Exposures: |
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Astrodon
LRGB, 5nm Ha OIII & SII --- Multiple 6-minute and 3-minute exposures
each filter, processed in MaximDL and Photoshop
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| Shooting
Location: |
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Narrowband
from Virginia Beach, VA, and LRGB from Gates County, NC
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| Date/Time: |
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19
and 26 November 2011 |
| Comments: |
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