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M27 Dumbbell Nebula in
Emission Line Filtered False Color
Date(s) taken: 24 August, 2001
Site: Montebello Open Space
Preserve, Santa Clara County, Ca.
Telescope Configuration: Celestron
C14 with Televue TV101 Piggybacked on AP1200GTO mount.
Image Specifics:
-Emission line filters used for "False
Color"
-LRGB (1x L= Lumicon
Deepsky @300 seconds, 1x R= Lumicon
Ha @300 seconds, 1x G= Lumicon
OIII @300 seconds, 1x B= Lumicon
Hb @300 seconds)
-Telescope: Celestron
CM1400 OTA with Celestron
f/7 focal reducer (F = 2288mm, f/7)
-Camera: SBIG
ST7E NABG with CFW8 Color
Filter Wheel, Imager at -10 C.
-Mount: AP1200GTO
Selfguided via ST7E
-CCDSOFT
v5 used for image capture, Photoshop
5.5 used for LRGB combine