Observation Log - October 20, 2000 - Tinton Falls, NJ

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NGC772/NGC770, a spiral galaxy in Aries, magnitude 10.3, dimensions 8'.0 x 5'.0. Also in the field is another galaxy, NGC770, magnitude 12.9, dimensions 1'.1 x 0'.8. The 36 images were taken between 12:03 and 01:24 am, the morning of October 20th, and total 72 minutes. The individual images were processed in Astro Art with dark frame removal, flats, and compositing. The image was moved into MaxIm for Digital Development (FFT, medium), and a contrast stretch.

NGC1514, The Dew Nebula, a planetary nebula in Taurus, magnitude 10.8, dimensions 2'.0 x 1'.5. Images were taken between 1:57 and 5:10 am, the morning of October 20th. This is an LRGB image with a 68-minute luminance channel, a 24-minute red channel, 20 minutes in green and 24 in blue. Each of the channels was composited separately in Astro Art, after dark frame removal and flats. The luminance channel was processed with Digital Development (FFT low-pass, mild) in MaxIm, then the LRGB channels were then combined, realigned and color smoothed (FFT, low-pass, medium), color balanced and contrast adjusted. The exposures were taken through the Meade LX200 12" f/6.3 focal reducer, and the Homeyer color filter wheel. Here is another version of this image that has been enlarged by 30%.

M57, The Ring Nebula, a planetary nebula in Lyra, magnitude 8.8, diameter 76 seconds, distance 1,140 light years. Images were taken between 7:36 pm and 09:14 pm, the evening of October 19th. This is an LRGB image with a 14-minute luminance channel, an 11-minute red channel, 8 minutes in green and 14 in blue. Each of the channels was composited separately in Astro Art, after dark frame removal and flats. Each channel was then processed with Maximum Entropy Deconvolution. The LRGB channels were then combined using MaxIm, realigned and color smoothed with a low-pass kernel filter. The exposures were taken through the Meade LX200 12" f/6.3 focal reducer, and the Homeyer color filter wheel.

NGC7753/7752, two galaxies in Pegasus. NGC7753 is a spiral galaxy, magnitude 12.0, dimensions 3'.5 x 1'.8, and NGC7752 is magnitude 14.3, 27" x 12". Images were taken using the f/6.3 focal reducer. This is a composite of 33 images totaling 66 minutes. Images were taken between 09:29 and 11:53 p.m. the evening of the 19th. The images were processed with AstroArt, for dark frame, flats and compositing. That image was moved into MaxIm for further processing with a contrast enhancement.