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M20 - Trifid Nebula


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M20 - Trifid Nebula


Picture Details:

Optics   24-inch RC Optical Systems Telescope
Camera   SBIG STL11000 CCD Camera
Filters   Custom Scientific
Dates   May 23rd and 24th 2009
Location   Mount Lemmon SkyCenter
Exposure   RGB = 80:50:55 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   May 2009 CCD Image Processing Workshop Participants
Credit Line   Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona (Board of Regents)


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