M45 (PLEIADES - ALCYONE NEBULA)
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| Object Notes: |
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| Instrument: | Ritchey-Chretien 32" Telescope |
| Focal Ratio: | f7.2 (prime focus) |
| Film: | Fuji Provia 400 35mm Slide Film (unhypered) |
| Exposure: | 60 minutes |
| Camera: | Nikon F4 (with DW21 6x finder and type M focusing screen)
See Photo/Guiding Equipment. Custom camera/guider/telescope adapters made by PreciseParts. |
| 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: | 9/26/03 |
| Post Processing: | Photographic Grain smoothed with Alex Mellinger's bgsmooth program. |