| Equipment & Observatories |
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Takahashi Epsilon 160, diameter 160mm, focal length 530mm, aperture f/3.3 Celestron 9.25, diameter 235mm, focal length 1480mm, aperture f/6.3 (with focal reducer) Celestron 9.25, diameter 235mm, focal length 2350mm, aperture f/10 A few Canon lenses : 200mm L f/2.8; 100mm macro f/1.8 |
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Losmandy G-11 |
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Canon 20Da, 6.4 micron pixel, 3504 x 2336 pixels, 22.5 x 15 mm SBIG ST-2000XM monochrome, 7.4 micron pixel, 1600 x 1200 pixels, 11.8 x 8.9 mm |
| Guiding |
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Takahashi FS-60 as guide scope Phillips ToUCam webcam PHDGuiding on the laptop providing corrections to the mount |
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| Observatories |
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A backyard in north Charlotte, North Carolina Doughton Park, on the Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina, elevation 3800 feet, in summer Stone Mountain overlook, on the Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina, elevation 3400 feet, in winter |
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| Processing |
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Calibration (darks, bias, flats reduction; aligning; stacking) with ImagePlus Processing (standard curve stretching, noise removal, color balancing, saturation, sharpening) with Photoshop CS Noel Carboni Photoshop actions PixInsight LE for background noise removal |
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| Copyright 2009 Jean-Denis Douvier |
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