Michael A. Stecker
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M31 Andromeda Galaxy full color HaRGB |
M31 Andromeda Galaxy -- full color HaRGB M31 was shot in full color with a monochrome ZWO ASI6200MM-Pro full frame camera on a Sky-Watcher Quattro 250P 10-inch f/4 Newtonian telescope through hydrogen-alpha, red, green and blue filters. This is a joint project of James Foster and Michael Stecker. Click on image to see high resolution photo. file: M31JRF10NewtASI6200MM-Ha38x5-RGB300x11-MASc.jpg Photographic Data telescope: Sky-Watcher Quattro 250P (10-inch f/4 Newtonian telescope with coma corrector) FL= 1,000 mm mount: Astro-Physics 1200 GTO
Guiding hardware:
SVBony 60 mm f/4 guidescope (fl=240 mm) Guide Camera: ZWO ASI120MM mini imaging camera: ZWO ASI6200MM true color shot with Hydrogen-alpha, red, green and blue filters exposure: Hydrogen-alpha filter (Astrodon 3 nm) for 300 sec X 38 (190 min) and, 300 sec X 11 (55 min) fior each RGB filter Processing: Stacked and processed by James Foster with Maxim DL software and post-processed by Michael Stecker in Photoshop Elements . photographic site: James Foster observatory at Frazier Park California (Bortle 4 at 5,500 ft elevstion) |