NGC 7331

NGC 7331


Date: 01.10.2011 and 02.10.2011
Ambient conditions: 5°C, transparency 4/5, seeing 3/5
Location: Trier, Germany

Equipment:
Telescope: Deltagraph 300mm 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: 4 h 50 m (29 x 10 min) light frames
Calibration: 52 x 15 s EL Flats, Masterbias 

Processing:
Maxim DL 5: Calibration, SDMask stacking
CS5: Curves & Levels, Carboni´s Actions, Unsharp mask on galaxies.

Comments:
Picture taken during two consecutive nights with average transparency and seeing. Huge number of neighboring galaxies, including the famous group Stephan's quintet on the right bottom corner.

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