Scope: C8 f/5 Location: Blair Valley, Anza Borrego Desert CA 14 Feb. 2004 Camera: ToUcam SC3
Exposure: 20 x 80 sec Luminance exposure with IR block filter. 10 x 60 RGB Exposures
Processing: Images were captured in K3CCDTools. Aligned/stacked in Registax and saved as FITS. Luminance and Color master frames were co-registered in Astroart. Luminance and Color FITS were combined in Photoshop with Luminance Layering. Color balancing and final touches in Photoshop.
This image was taken with poor seeing and a fair bit of wind - it did take some time to get usable frames even though this was a guided image. Nonetheless, the image did come out - however, the image is a bit soft due to the poor conditions. This image replaces the February 2003 image which can be seen in the Archives here. Horizontal FOV is 16'