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M42,  Great Nebula in Orion.

Date:  February 11, 2005

Camera: SBIG ST10XE
Filters:  AstroDon Ha,R,G,B (CFW8a filter wheel)
Camera control software:  CCDSoft
Focal reducer:  AP 0.67
Guiding/adaptive optics:  unguided, no AO7
Camera temperature:  -20C
Image Acquisition Software:  None

Telescope:  RCOS 16 Carbon Tube, Aries optics, F9
Telescope control software:  RCOS TCC, TheSky6
Mount:  Paramount ME (MKS 4000)

Subexposures:
   Luminance(Ha 6nm):  10 x 20 Second, binned 1x1
   RGB:  10 x 10 second, binned 2x2

Conditions: Below average seeing and transparency.
Processing: CDSoft, CCDSharp (Luminance only),  MiraAP, MaximDL, Registar, Sigma, Photoshop CS2.