M 97 with Six Filters
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| Photographer | Wes Stauffer |
| Optics | Officina Stellare RC 400 IM-T |
| Mount | Paramount ME |
| Guiding | SBIG ST 402 through MMOAG with ProTrack engaged |
| Camera | Apogee U16M at -25C |
| Filters | Astrodon Gen II LRGB 5 nm Ha and 3 nm OIII |
| Dates/Times | April 27 - May 8 , 2010 |
| Location | Tiburon, CA |
| Exposure Details | 405 min Ha, 450 min OIII, 200 min Luminance, 150 min RGB |
| Acquisition | CCDSoft 5 and The Sky 6 Controlled via CCDAutopilot 4 |
| Processing | CCDStack, Photoshop CS4 |
| Notes | This is a very
dim Planetary Nebula requiring
slightly over 25 hours of data to bring out the faint detail. I used
data from the Ha signal to boost the Red channel and added a bit of Ha
to the Blue Channel to represent the H beta channel. OIII data was
added to both the Blue and Green channel. |
