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M31: Core of the Andromeda Galaxy


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M31: Core of the Andromeda Galaxy

Picture Details:

Optics 24-inch RC Optical Systems Telescope
Camera SBIG STL11000 CCD Camera
Filters Custom Scientific
Dates October 13th 2009
Location Mount Lemmon SkyCenter
Exposure LRGB = 135:45:45:45 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)
Credit Line Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona (Board of Regents)
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