NGC 2146 Disturbed Starburst-driven superwind galaxy in Camelopardalis Date: November 22-25, 2006 Camera: SBIG STL6303E Filters: AstroDon LRGB Camera control software: CCDSoft Guiding/adaptive optics: AO-L Camera temperature: -20C Image Acquisition Software: CCDAP3 Telescope: RCOS 16 Carbon Tube, Aries optics, F9 with Field Flattener Telescope control software: RCOS TCC, TheSky6 Mount: Paramount ME (MKS 4000) Subexposures: Total exposure time: 980 minutes Luminance: 42 x 10 minute, binned 1x1 (best 42 of 72 total Luminance exposures selected) RGB: 18 x10 minute Red, 19 x 10 minute Green, 19 x 10 minute Blue, binned 1x1 Conditions: Seeing conditions over 4 nights averaged 2-2.5 arc sec; target elevation from 31 degrees to 48 degrees. FWHM of combined Luminance data: 2.49 arc sec raw, 1.87 arc sec deconvolved. Processing: CDSoft, Sigma, Registar, CCDInspector, MaximDL, MiraAP, CCDSharp, Photoshop CS2. |