HapGriffin
Registered: July 2008
Posts: 70
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Comet 103P Hartely 2 gliding between the star clusters M46 and M47 on the evening of November 27th.
Date/Location: November 27, 2010 Griffin/Hunter Observatory Bethune, SC
Camera: QSI 583wsg
Filters: Astrodon E Series Generation 2 LRGB
CCD Temperature: -20 C
Instrument: Takahashi FSQ-106N
Focal Ratio: f/5
Mount: AP-1200
Guiding: Auto via the QSI camera's built in Off-Axis Guider mirror and an SBIG ST-402 Guider
Conditions: Cold and clear
Weather: 40 F, still
Exposure: 16 minutes total (4 x 2 min each in RGB)
Capture: CCDAutopilot 4 w/ Maxim DL Camera Control, focused automatically w/ FocusMax
Processing: Frame calibrations and stacking with ImagesPlus v3.80. Frame alignment in Registar 1.0. Finishing in Photoshop CS4.
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