Object: ..... Western Veil Nebula - NGC 6960 (Caldwell 34) - Narrowband false colour
Date: ..... 01.07.2011
Mount: ..... Losmandy G11 on Berlebach Uni-4c
Optics: ..... Celestron C11, 280mm Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope @ f2 (with Hyperstar3 lens asembly)
Filters: ..... Astronomik 12nm Ha and OIII CCD
Camera: ..... Sigma3200 with Neumann Filter Drawer
Chip temperature: .... -15°C regulated
Exposure: ..... Ha: 24x120s, OIII: 28x180s
Binning: 1x1
Processing: ..... Stacking (Lights, Bias, Darks, Flats), DDP, bloom removal, colour synthesis (R/G/B=Ha/OIII/OIII) and balance, sharpening; all with Imagesplus 4.25
Guiding: ..... Autoguiding with modified 8x50 finder scope, Meade DSI Pro and GPUSB/PHD
Comments: good seeing, medium transparency, no moon
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