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| Photographer | Wes Stauffer |
| Optics | RCOS 20 |
| 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 | July 3 - 23 , 2011 |
| Location | Sierra Remote Observatories |
| Exposure Details | 630 min Ha, 585 min OIII, 200 min Luminance, 140 min RGB |
| Acquisition | Maxim DL 5 and The Sky 6 Controlled via CCDAutopilot 5 |
| Processing | CCDStack, Photoshop CS4 |
| Notes | PNG 36 +17 or PK 36 is a
dim, spherical Planetary Nebula. I used
data from the Ha signal to boost the Red channel . OIII data was
added to both the Blue and Green channel. The narrowband data was
used only to emphasize the planetary nebula and not in the background
stars. |
