| M63 Sunflower Galaxy May 5, 2005 Camera: SBIG STL6303E (first light) 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: 13 x 5 minute, binned 1x1 RGB: 8 x 3 minute, binned 2x2 Conditions: Very high humidity, all but one blue subexposure unusable. Processing: CDSoft, CCDSharp (Luminance only), MaximDL, Registar, Sigma, Photoshop CS. |
| M63 Sunflower Galaxy |