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| Exposure Data: | 1/22,24/2002. LRGB: 12x5m, 10x5m, 10x5m,
10x5m. RGB binned 2x2. -25°C, 1.02 arc-sec./pixel. |
| Processing: | Acquired in CCDSoft, reduced, aligned and
combined in Mira, 10 R-L iterations of L in AIP4WIN, RGB combine in Maxim,
L+RGB combine, curves, levels, bloom repair and other adjustments in
Photoshop. |
| Optical System: | 10” Ritchey-Chretien @ F/7, ST-8E NABG/CFW-8A
CCD camera, AP900GTO mount. |
| Comments: | This “exploding” galaxy has a lot of detail and
required significant processing (probably way too much) to bring out what I had with average seeing
of 4.5 arc-sec. |