M 101 Wide Field

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Photographer Wes Stauffer
Optics Takahashi TOA - 130F with Flattener
Mount Paramount ME
Guiding Takahashi FS 60C with STL External Guide Head
Camera SBIG STL 11000M
Filters Astrodon L RGB
Dates/Times May 15 - 25, 2007
Location Tiburon, CA
Exposure Details L RGB   150 x 120 x 120 x 100  (10 minute subs)
Acquisition CCDSoft 5 & The Sky 6 controlled via CCDAutopilot 3
Processing CCDStack, PhotoShop CS2
 

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The image has been cropped from the original due to registration issues between the Luminance data and the RGB data.