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NGC7538

NGC7538

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Object Notes:
  • Constellation: Cepheus
  • Location: RA: 23h 13m 30.0s Dec: +61d 31' 00" Epoch 2000
  • Size: 8 x 7 arc-minutes
  • Type: Diffuse Nebula
  • AKA: LBN 542
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: 7 x 5 minutes Luminance unbinned
12 x 15 minutes Hydrogen Alpha unbinned (Astrodon 6nm filter)
4 x 5 minutes each R/G/B, binned 3x3
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: 12/13/04 (LRGB), 11/1/05 (Ha)
Post Processing: CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS

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