| Date
| 04/15/2007 |
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| Conditions
| Transparency 4/5, Seeing 3/5 |
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| Scope
| Vixen VC200LDG @ f/9 |
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| Filters
| Baader UV-IR Cut |
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| Camera
| Canon 350D (IR modified) |
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| Exposure
| 23x600s ISO1600 |
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| Processing
| MaximDL raw conversion, bayer interpolation, dark/flat/bias calibration, stacking; ImagesPlus, levels, ddp; PS CS2, levels, curves, USM, hi-pass; Bud Guinn's smaller stars action; Noel's Actions, space noise, soft color gradient |
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| Notes
| I thought it was about time to revisit M51. The keen eye will notice a faint fuzzy to the left of NGC5159 (the smaller companion), this is IC4278, a 15.4 magnitude galaxy. A little up and to the right of that one is IC4277, mag 15.7. |
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