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ABELL 1926 GALAXY CLUSTER

ABELL 1926 GALAXY CLUSTER

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Object Notes:
  • Constellation: Bootes
  • Location: RA: 14h 30m 33s Dec: 24d 38m 43s Epoch 2000
  • Type: Galaxy Cluster
Instrument: Ritchey-Chretien 32" Telescope
Focal Ratio: f7.2 (prime focus)
Camera: SBIG STL-11000 CCD camera
(See product review in July, 2004 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine.)
Exposure: 20 x 5 minutes Luminance unbinned
3 x 5 minutes each R/G/B, all unbinned
Guiding: Off-Axis with STV Autoguider (Santa Barbara Instrument Group)
(See product review in May, 2003 issue of Astronomy magazine.)
See Photo/Guiding Equipment.
Date: May 25, 2006
Post Processing: CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS

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