January 30, 2012

More NGC 2903 (Jan. 26, 2012)

A cold front blew through and cleared off the sky.  But the cold front also made the air turbulent.  Seeing was therefore not the best on this night, and the resolution of this 5-hour integration of NGC 2903 suffered.  Still, it is deeper and more noise-free than the image I took last week.  I'm glad to have it.

Telescope: Orion 6" f/5 Imaging Newtonian with GSO Coma Corrector (effectively at f/5.5)
Camera and Exposure: SXVF-H9, 50x6'
Filter: IDAS-LPS2
Guiding: SX Lodestar, SX OAG
Mount: Takahashi NJP
Software: Nebulosity, Maxim DL, Photoshop CS3
Location: The Woodlands, TX

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