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Managed to get to the observatory and image at least one object tonight, though the seeing was poor.
The Whirlpool Galaxy, (Merging Galaxies) In Ursa Major
10 four-minute exposures, stacked, dark subtracted, flats applied, for a total exposure of forty minutes. Cropped image.
Aquisition software - Canon EOS Utility, Guided with PHD guiding, Stacked with DeepSky Stacker, processed with Adobe Photoshop CS3
Camera:
Hutech modified Canon T1i
Observatory Equipment:
88mm f5.6 Williams Optics refractor
Losmandy G-11 Gemini Goto mount on steel pier
Celestron 80mm f5 guide Scope
Orion Starshooter autoguider
Taken at the Louisville Astronomical Society Observatory in Curby, Indiana, on March 27, 1012
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