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Object:
M65 and M66 Galaxies
Date(s):
 6-13 Apr 2013
Location:
 Rancho Hidalgo, NM
Telescope:
 LX200 10" at f/10
Mount:
 Meade SuperWedge on pier
Camera:
 SBIG ST-11000M
Single-Shot Color:
 No
Luminance:
 4 2 minute images bin 2
Red:
 10 2 minute images bin 4
Green:
 6 2 minute images bin 4
Blue:
 7 2 minute images bin 4
Comments:

No bright guide stars exist where I need them. I do not have a camera rotator. I can take 2 minute images most of which have no star trails. Some do though. Thats why the number of LRGB images are different. I had to select "good" images and work with them.

Color-adjusted using eXcalibrator. Current version GREATLY simplified its use! It now works the way I would have wanted it to work, i.e., pretty much automatic.

Wind and clouds have made shooting difficult lately...