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NGC 891 - Spiral Galaxy in Andromeda image

NGC 891 - Spiral Galaxy in Andromeda


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NGC 891 in Andromeda Date: 11-17-2006 Location: Comanche Springs Astronomy Campus -Crowell, TX Seeing: 1.86 FWHM Temp: 32 to 36 degrees F, camera cooled to -25 C Camera: ST-2000XM generously on loan from Phil Jones in Frisco, TX Mount: Takahashi NJP generously on loan from the Three Rivers Foundation [3RF] www.3RF.org Telescope: 6 Takahashi FS-152 refractor Exposure: LRGB image 30:30:30:30 minutes - 10 minute sub-exposures unbinned Processing: Calibration, registration, and mean combine in CCDStack. Curves, levels, and blending of synth luminance in Photoshop 5.5 Thanks to Jay Ballauer for his guidance on processing and being such a great teacher.

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