M61 and Companion NGC 4301
Date: May 10, 2005
Camera: SBIG STL6303E
Filters: AstroDon L,R,G,B (STL internal filter wheel)
Camera control software: CCDSoft
Focal reducer: None
Guiding/adaptive optics: internal autoguider
Camera temperature: -20C
Image Acquisition Software: CCDAutoPilot2 was used for certain aspects
Telescope: RCOS 16 Carbon Tube, Aries optics, F9
Telescope control software: RCOS TCC, TheSky6
Mount: Paramount ME (MKS 4000)
Subexposures:
Luminance: 16 x 5 minute, binned 1x1
RGB: 7 x 3 minute, binned 3x3
Conditions: Very high humidity.
Processing: CDSoft, CCDSharp (Luminance only), MiraAP, MaximDL,
Registar, Sigma, Photoshop CS2.
Date: May 10, 2005
Camera: SBIG STL6303E
Filters: AstroDon L,R,G,B (STL internal filter wheel)
Camera control software: CCDSoft
Focal reducer: None
Guiding/adaptive optics: internal autoguider
Camera temperature: -20C
Image Acquisition Software: CCDAutoPilot2 was used for certain aspects
Telescope: RCOS 16 Carbon Tube, Aries optics, F9
Telescope control software: RCOS TCC, TheSky6
Mount: Paramount ME (MKS 4000)
Subexposures:
Luminance: 16 x 5 minute, binned 1x1
RGB: 7 x 3 minute, binned 3x3
Conditions: Very high humidity.
Processing: CDSoft, CCDSharp (Luminance only), MiraAP, MaximDL,
Registar, Sigma, Photoshop CS2.
M61 and
companion,
NGC 4301
companion,
NGC 4301