M57 11th July 2004Home

This is my first attempt at M57, the Ring Nebula.  It was imaged with my LX200 starting at 02:25 UT.   I captured 30 frames exposing each for 30 seconds with a modified Vesta camera. By this time the sky was getting so light I had to stop. This image is a stack of only 18 usable frames. I have probably enhanced the colours a little too much.
Date and Time 11th July 2004 02:44 UT
Camera Modified Vesta 675K
Telescope LX200
Capture K3CCDTools. 30", 100% gain, 30 frames + 8 darks
Processing K3CCDTools. 18 frames stacked.  Histogram 10-131.
Registax. Wavelet 5 = 5, 6 =10. Further adjustments in PhotoImpact 

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