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                               NGC 7538                                          

 

 

 

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Image Information

 

Object

NGC 7538  RA 23:13:45.6  DEC 61 28 23.9

Imaging by Greg Morgan
Date(s) September 9 to 12, 2007 (4 nights)

Optics

RCOS 12.5 inch f/9 Ritchey-Chrétien with a 2,857mm focal length

Mount

Paramount ME

Camera

SBIG STL-11000XM

Guiding

Internal selfguiding with dithering

Field Scale

0.64 arcseconds / pixel

FOV

The full frame FOV = 43' x 30' arcminutes.  North is to the right and East is up.

Chip Temp

-15 C

Filter(s)

Astrodon True Balance LRGB I-series 50mm

Location

Sierra Remote Observatories, Shaver Lake California 4,610 feet

Exposure(s)

LRGB  = 13 x 1800, 10 x 1800, 9 x 1800, 9 x 1800 seconds  (20.5 hours total)

Binning

All channels at 1x1

Camera control

MaxIm DL 4 / CCDAutopilot 3

Processing software

CCDStack, Photoshop CS2

Image notes

Thanks again to those who have loaned me hardware and given me advise on how to make this image possible!

 
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