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Object: NGC 7318 Stephan's Quintet - Constellation Pegasus

Distance: 280 million light years

Date Imaged: Sept 17 through Oct 23, 2020

Date Image Processed: Feb 2021

Telescope: 16 inch Ritchey Chretian Telescope

Image Train: FLI PDF Focuser, Optec Pyxis Rotator

Focal Length: 3250 mm

Camera: SBIG STT 8300M, FW8G-STT, AO8 (Adaptive Optics device) Camera Sensor at -30 deg C

Resolution: 0.34 arcsec/pixel

Exposures: 22.8 hours total duration

44 Luminance - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

31 Red - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

30 Green - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

32 Blue - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

 

 

 

 

 

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