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M 101
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M 101
Picture Details:
| Optics | | 24-inch RC Optical Systems Telescope |
| Camera | | SBIG STL11000 CCD Camera |
| Filters | | Custom Scientific |
| Dates | | March 28th and 29th 2009 |
| Location | | Mount Lemmon SkyCenter |
| Exposure | | LRGB = 180:40:40:40 minutes |
| Acquisition | | ACP Observatory Control Software (DC-3 Dreams),TheSky (Software Bisque), Maxim DL/CCD (Cyanogen) |
| Processing | | CCDStack (CCDWare), Mira (MiraMetrics), Maxim DL (Cyanogen), Photoshop CS3 (Adobe) |
| Guest Astronomers | | Sid Leach and Dale Cupp |
| Credit Line | | Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona (Board of Regents) |
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