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Imaging telescopes or lenses: Meade 4501
Imaging cameras: Meade DSI II C
Mounts: CG5
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Orion ShortTube 80 f/5
Guiding cameras: Meade DSI
Focal reducers: Antares 0.5x Reducer
Software: Nebulosity, PHD guiding, photoshop, iLanga AstroPlanner
Accessories: HB Home-built TEC1-12706 cooler
Resolution: 732x597
Dates: May 14, 2012
Locations: Mapleton Lateral Observatory
Frames: 19x300"
Integration: 1.6 hours
Avg. Moon age: 23.19 days
Avg. Moon phase: 38.96%
RA center: 12:56:43.519
DEC center: +21:43:56.255
Pixel scale: 2.99 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 117.25 degrees
Field width: 36.58 arcminutes
Field height: 29.61 arcminutes
Conditions were not great; lots of wind buffeting tonight.
Date: 14 May 2012
Subject: M64, Black Eye Galaxy
Scope: Meade 4501+ 0.5x Antares telereducer
Filter: none
Mount: CG-5 (Synta motors)
Guiding: Orion ST80 + 0.5x Antares telereducer + DSI Ic + PHD
Camera: DSI IIc (cooled at 2 A, 6.0 V)
Acquisition: Nebulosity 3.0.3
Exposure: 19 x 300 s
Stacking: Neb 3, bias included, normalize first, trans+rot align, 1.5 SD stack
Processing: Digital development with sharpening, power stretch, Keller stretch, a little saturation boost, GREYCStoration in N3, CS5 levels, Astronomy Tools space, deep space noise, color blotch reduction, star color enhance; CS5 unsharp mask, healing brush
