Nebula | Astro Images by Jason Providakes

m57

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:03:38 -0400

Object

M57 – The Ring Nebula in Lyra

Date & Location

11 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 5 min.), binned 2x2, -15°C

Red - 1 hour (12 x 5 min.), binned 2x2, -15°C
Green - 1 hour (12 x 5 min.), binned 2x2, -15°C
Blue - 1 hour (12 x 5 min.), binned 2x2, -15°C

Other Information

unguided: Protrack

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

M16 Ha, LX200R 14"

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:27:42 -0400

M16, taken with LX200R 14" using STL 11000

M16

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

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M1 - Crab

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 10:04:20 -0500

ngc6888

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:11:02 -0400

Image Data

Date: 09/27/07

Exposure:
Ha (Green) 6 x 10 min (binned 1x1)

Telescope: TMB152 @ f/8

Mount: Paramount ME

Camera: SBIG STL11000

Optical Train: APM Field Flattener

Location: Lovettsville, VA

Collection & Processing

Collect: Maxim DL, FocusMax

Calibration: Maxim DL

Align: Maxim DL

Combine: Maxim DL

Sharpen: Photoshop CS2

Rosette_ngc-2244_TMB130ss_F

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:13:26 -0400

Image Data

Date: 27 Jan 2007

Exposure:

Luminance 4 x 10 min (binned 1x1)

Red 4 x 10 min (binned 2x2)

Green 4 x 10 min (binned 2x2)

Blue 4 x 10 min (binned 2x2)

Telescope: TMB 130SS @ f/7

Mount: Software Bisque Paramount ME

Camera: SBIG STL-11000M

Optical Train: APM FF

Location: Lovettsville, Virginia USA

Collection & Processing

Collect: CCD Autopilot, Maxim DL, FocusMax

Calibration: Maxim DL

Align: Maxim DL

Sigma-Reject Combine: Maxim DL

DDP: Maxim DL

Color Combine: Maxim DL

Sharpen & Processed: Photoshop CS2

IC 5146 Cocoon Nebula

Sun, 17 Jun 2007 05:37:00 -0400

Object	IC 5146 – The Cocoon Nebula in Cygnus
Date & Location	20 February 2006 – Lovettsville, VA N 39° 16' 21" W 77° 38' 11" Temperature ???, Seeing ??? -??? FWHM
Telescope	TMB 130SS Refractor, F/7 on a Paramount ME MKS4000, Prime Focus, Image scale 1.68 arcsec/pixel
Camera	SBIG STL-11000M camera w/SBIG LRGB filters
Exposure Times	Luminance 2.8 hours (34 x 5 min.), unbinned, -15°C Red - 1 hour (12 x 5 min.), unbinned, -15°C Green - 1 hour (12 x 5 min.), unbinned, -15°C Blue - 1 hour (12 x 5 min.), binned 1x1, -15°C
Other Information	Guiding: WO 80mm f/6.9 refractor and SBIG remote guide camera Image acquisition and guiding – CCDAutoPilot & MaxIm DL 4.04 Focus – Feathertouch Motorfocus w/FocusMax
Image Processing	Master dark frame: 30 min (6 x 5 min.), sigma-reject combined Dark and flat frame reduction in MaxIm DL 4.04 Luminance images combined in MaxIm DL 4.04 Color images average-combined in MaxIm DL 4.04 LRGB-combined in MaxIm DL 4.04 Post-Processing in Photoshop CS

m42

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 11:19:06 -0500

ngc-1432

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 10:57:09 -0500