M 11

M 11 – Wild Duck Cluster


Date/time:
20.08.2011 22:30 to 21.08.2011 00:50
Ambient conditions: 15°C, transparency 5/5, seeing 4/5
Location: Germany

Equipment:
Telescope: Deltagraph 300 f/3.3
Mount: GM2000QCI
Camera: SXVF-M25C
Guiding scope: Orion short tube 80mm f/5
Guiding camera: ATIK 16IC
Filters: IDAS LPS

Acquisition:
Software: Maxim DL 5
FOV, Image scale: 62.5 x 54.8 arcmin, 1.62 arcs/pixel
Sub-exposures: 96min (32 x 3min) lights with 2 pixels dithering
Calibration frames: 50 x 15s EL flats, 50 bias

Processing:
Maxim DL 5: Calibration and Stacking with SDMask.
Images Plus: DDP.
CS3: Curves & Levels, GradientXterminator, color enhancement in Lab space.

Comments:
Minimum of processing steps to preserve stars. 

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