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M31 Center
Object
Imaging
Processing
Object type
Size
Magnitude
Constellation
Distance
Size
Magnitude
Constellation
Distance
Spiral Galaxy
Large!
6
Andromeda
2,000,000 light years
Large!
6
Andromeda
2,000,000 light years
Date
Location
Telescope
Mount
Camera
Guiding
Binning
Exposures
Total Time
Location
Telescope
Mount
Camera
Guiding
Binning
Exposures
Total Time
2012-10-05 to 2012-10-20
Pleasantville, NY
Hyperion 12.5" Astrograph
MI-250
FLI ML-16803
ST-402 - OAG
Luminance: 18 x 10-min frames, Bin 1x1
Color: 6 x 10-min frames each R, G, B, bin 1x1
5.5 hours
Pleasantville, NY
Hyperion 12.5" Astrograph
MI-250
FLI ML-16803
ST-402 - OAG
Luminance: 18 x 10-min frames, Bin 1x1
Color: 6 x 10-min frames each R, G, B, bin 1x1
5.5 hours
Acquisition with CCD Commander & MaxIm DL
Calibration with CCD Stack
Processing with Adobe CS4, Noel Carboni actions
Calibration with CCD Stack
Processing with Adobe CS4, Noel Carboni actions
Comments
Seeing was good down to 3/4 fwhm
Color development still lacking a good G2V calibration
Guiding was average with about 0.75 to 0.85 rms error for the RA axis.
Color development still lacking a good G2V calibration
Guiding was average with about 0.75 to 0.85 rms error for the RA axis.
Image Size
Small (1k x1k)
Medium (2k x 2k)
Large (4k x 4k)
Small (1k x1k)
Medium (2k x 2k)
Large (4k x 4k)
