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Douglas Rollain

M20 Trifid Nebula in LRGBHa

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M31 Andromeda Galaxy luminance image

M31 Andromeda Galaxy luminance


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Total Exposure Time 5.8 hours. Location: DownUnder Observatory, Fremont MI Date of Shoot August 21, 22nd 2012 Exposures: Luminance 26 x 2 min 23 x 5 min 18 x 10 min Camera: QHY9M monochrome CCD, cooled to -30C www.astrofactors.com StarlightXpress Color Filter Wheel Scope: Thomas M. Back TMB 92SS F5.5 APO Refractor www.astronomics.com Astro Tech AT2FF Field Flattener For guiding: StarlightXpress Lodestar autoguider, StarlightXpress Ultra Slim Off Axis guider Paramount GT-1100S German Equatorial Mount (with MKS 4000) Image Aquisition software Maxim DL Stacking software CCDStack Post Processing Photoshop CS5