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This is a black&white image of M27, the Dumbbell Nebula that I took in 2006
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I revisited M27 over four nights as the first target of my automation. It took that long because I had to work out several of the automation glitches, but I finally assembled all the exposures that I needed. The specifics are listed below and I would welcome any suggestions. The colors have not had any artificial adjustment of hue. This is the color that came out of the combine.
Object: M27 (Planetary Nebula)
Constellation: Vulpecula (The Fox)
Dates: 2007 June 18, 20, 22,&23
Scope: BRC-250
Mount: MI-250
CCD: SBIG ST-10XME
Filters: Astrodon
Filter Wheel: SBIG CFW-10
Focus: FLI DF2 Focuser with FocusMax
Rotator: Optec 2” Pyxis Rotator
Exposures: 5 minute subexposures all taken unbinned (1x1)
Luminance: 26 frames (130 minutes)
Red: 15 frames (75 minutes)
Green: 18 frames (90 minutes)
Blue: 18 Frames (90 minutes)
Total: 385 minute (6 hrs. 25 min.)
Image
Acquisition: CCDAutopilot 3
Processing: Calibration & Bloom removal – CCDStack
Deconvolution (selected frames) - CCDStack
Alignment – MiraPro
Combining – CCDStack
Image adjustments – Adobe PhotoShop CS2
