M51 in Canis Venatici

Updated : 7 March 2006.

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  • CCD : STL11000 ABG
  • Exposure time : LRGB 80:50:40:40 min (10 min individual images L 1x1 RGB 2x2 binned)
  • Date and Time : 1. and 26. January 2006
  • Instrument : 40cm @ f/8
  • Focal length : 3260 mm
  • FWHM : about 3 arcsec
  • Filters : Astronomik RGB filter
  • Image processing : Imageplus (Color combine, DDP, starsize) and Photoshop (Levels, layers, mask)
  • Problems/comments : Automated imaging with CCDCommander at my backyard, Mol, Belgium.

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