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ABELL 1940 GALAXY CLUSTER

ABELL 1940 GALAXY CLUSTER

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Object Notes:
  • Constellation: Draco
  • Location: RA: 14h 35m 28s Dec: 55d 08m 48s 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: 44 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 23, 2006
Post Processing: CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS

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