M57

Messier 57, The Ring Nebula

 

Image Type: High Dynamic Range RRGB, 100% scale
Telescope: 10" Aries f/15 Maksutov-Cassegrain on Astro-Physics 900GTO German Equatorial
Effective Focal Length: approx. 3600mm
Resolution: 0.42"/pixel
Accessories: None
CCD: SBIG ST-4000XCM
Exposures: 30x2 min RGB
Filter(s): IDAS LPS
Exposure Date: 29 June 2010
Location: Malvazinky Observatiory in Prague, Czech Republic
Seeing, FWHM: 1.6"
Processing Software: MaximDL, PixInsight
Image Acquisition Software: MaximDL, TheSky6, CCDAutoPilot, FocusMax, PinPoint
Remarks: This image uses R channel as Luminosity (RRGB), post-processed using HDR Wavelet Transforms in PixInsight. No color calibration has been done. Calibration only with dark and bias frames.
   

 

Image Type: High Dynamic Range Monochrome
Telescope: 210 mm Takahashi Mewlon 210 f/11.5 Dall-Kirkham on Celestron CG5 German Equatorial
Effective Focal Length: 2415 mm
Resolution: 0.68"/pixel
Accessories: Lacerta MGEN Autoguider
CCD: ZWO ASI 1600 MM-C
Exposures: 1000x5 s Monochrome
Filter(s): None
Exposure Date: 12 September 2016
Location: Malvazinky Observatiory in Prague, Czech Republic
Seeing, FWHM: N/A
Processing Software: PixInsight
Image Acquisition Software: SharpCap
Remarks: ABE, R-L Deconvolution, Histogram Stretch, HDR, ACDNR.
No coma corrector.
   

 

 

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