| NOTES |
DATE:
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Friday,
September 14, 2007 |
TIME:
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2:02
am - 4:29 am EDT
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CAMERA:
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Canon
EOS 300D Digital Rebel (unmodified)
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EXPOSURE:
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90
minutes (18 x 5 minutes @ ISO 800) |
LOCATION:
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Jim
Edgar Panther Creek State Fish & Wildlife Area - Illinois Dark
Skies Star Party
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INSTRUMENT:
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Tele Vue Pronto 70 mm refractor (with Focal Reducer/Field
Flattener and Lumicon Deep Sky Filter) piggybacked on 10" LX200.
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PROCESSING:
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Registered, aligned, stacked, and dark frame subtracted with Deep Sky
Stacker. Further processing and cropping done with
Adobe Photoshop 7.0 and Noise Ninja 2. |
COMMENTS:
|
The
North American Nebula (NGC 7000) is one of those
objects that actually looks like its namesake. You can clearly
make out the east and west coast, Florida, and Mexico regions of the
nebula. This nebula is part a massive complex in the
constellations Cygnus and is believed to be 3,000 light-years
distant. It
can be seen with the naked eye, but best viewed through binoculars or a
rich field telescope. |
