M51 - 10" f/5 DSO
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Date: 4/25/2006
Location: Ada, MI
Optics: 10" f/5 Certified DSO Newtonian w/ MPCC coma corrector
Mount: Tak NJP
Camera: Starlight Xpress SXV-H9
Exposure: LRGB: L=26x3min Clear (non IR block) filter unbinned, R=G=B=10x3min unbinned, Ha to enhance Red 7x3min 2x binned, Astrodon filters (189 Minutes Total)
Note: Captured, no darks or flats, aligned, SDMask combined, LR Deconvolution, color combined in MaximDL. Luminance Layering and Final Processing in PS CS.