M20 (TRIFID NEBULA)
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| Object Notes: |
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| 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: | 15 x 1 minutes Luminance, 5 x 1 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: | 7/20/04 |
| Post Processing: | CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS |