Object | Double Cluster in Perseus (NGC 869 & NGC 884) |
Telescope | Televue NP101 540mm @ f5.4 |
Mount | Astro Physics 400 GTO |
Camera | SBIG ST-2000XM |
Luminance | 30 x 5 sec binned 1x1 |
RGB | none |
Camera Control | SBIG CCDOPS |
Processing | CCDSoft and PhotoShop 6.0 |
Date | 7 Feb 2004 |
Time | 0250 UTC |
Temp | 49 deg F |
Location | Tucson, AZ |
Notes | Spent 50 minutes polar aligning, only to have the full moon rise at 0215 UTC. The wind began gusting around 0230 UTC. This is my first CCD image. |