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m31H9
Messier 31 - The Great Andromeda Galaxy
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Telescope: Takahashi FS60C @ f/4.4 Piggybacked on 10" SCT riding on Losmandy G-11 with Gemini Level 3 guided with Starlight Xpress H9 guide head through 10" @ f/3.3 with Maxim DL

Camera: Starlight Xpress SXV-H9 with Astronomik filter drawer and Astronomik Type II IR blocking LRGB filters  
Image: Acquired and processed in Maxim DL with final touchup in Phtoshop 7.0

Exposures: Luminance 120 (30x4) minutes unbinned, RGB 20 minutes each binned 2x2. Sigma Reject combined in Maxim, reduced with Bias frames, but no darks or flats used
Imaged 11/23/03 at Chiefland Astronomy Village. '01:42:09' - '06:23:17' UT
Telescope centered at RA '00 42 58' - Dec '+41: 16: 10'

 

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