Galaxies | Astro Images by Jason Providakes

PGC 8961

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 04:30:02 -0500

TARGET: PGC 8961

DATE: 10-30-2008

Observer: Jason Providakes

Observatory: Lovettsville, VA

Telescope: RC f/7.9 14.5-inch

Mount type: Paramount ME

Off-axis guider with reversal used for guiding

Imaging camera: STL11000M

Filters: Internal Filter Wheel (Clr, RGB)

Lum = 2 hours 2X2 binned (Clr filter), 8x15min

RGB =1.5 hours 2X2 binned each filter, 6x15min

Software Settings:

CCDAutoPilot, Version: 4.11.8, Professional Edition

MaxIm version 5.01 being used for image acquisition.

TheSky version 6.0.0.58 being used for telescope control.

FocusMax version 3.04.0014 being used for focus control.

Digital Dome Works used for dome control

Processed: MaxIM version 5.0.1 and Photoshop CS4

Image Cropped 70%

ngc6946-lrgb

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:28:27 -0400

ngc6946

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:21:49 -0400

Object

NGC6946 – is both a spectacular and dim galaxy in Cepheus

Date & Location

19 October 2008 – Lovettsville, VA N 39° 16' 21" W 77° 38' 11"

Temperature ???, Seeing ??? -??? FWHM

Telescope

RCOS 14.5, F/8 on a Paramount ME MKS4000, Prime Focus, Image scale 0.61 arcsec/pixel

Camera

SBIG STL-11000M camera w/SBIG LRGB filters

Exposure Times

Luminance 1 hours (12 x 10 min.), binned 2x2, -15°C

Red - 2 hour (12 x 10 min.), binned 2x2, -15°C
Green - 2 hour (12 x 10 min.), binned 2x2, -15°C
Blue - 2 hour (12 x 10 min.), binned 2x2, -15°C

Other Information

guided: Off-Axis and SBIG remote guide camera

Image acquisition and guiding – CCDAutoPilot 4 & MaxIm DL 5

Focus – RCOS TCC w/FocusMax

Image Processing

Master dark frame: 30 min (6 x 5 min.), sigma-reject combined

Dark and flat frame reduction in MaxIm DL 5

Luminance images combined in MaxIm DL 5

Color images average-combined in MaxIm DL 5

LRGB-combined in MaxIm DL 5

Post-Processing in Photoshop CS3

m65

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:08:40 -0500

m104

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 22:21:59 -0400

Luminance180E_m51_LRGB_web

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:00:26 -0400

m81_LRGB

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:24:23 -0500

m33

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:48:44 -0500

TARGET: m333

DATE: 10-30-2008

Observer: Jason Providakes

Observatory: Lovettsville, VA

Telescope: TMB 130SS

Mount type: Paramount ME

Off-axis guide scope

Imaging camera: STL11000M

Filters: Internal Filter Wheel (Clr, RGB)

Software Settings:

CCDAutoPilot, Version: 4.11.8, Professional Edition

MaxIm version 5.01 being used for image acquisition.

TheSky version 6.0.0.58 being used for telescope control.

FocusMax version 3.04.0014 being used for focus control.

Processed: MaxIM version 5.0.1 and Photoshop CS4

M81_LRGB

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 11:00:27 -0500

Galaxy

Mon, 16 Oct 2006 20:33:19 -0400

m31_color_V1

Sat, 19 Aug 2006 10:50:52 -0400