NGC2841 LRGB

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Date: 12/18, 12/20/2018

Description: NGC 2841 is an inclined unbarred spiral galaxy exhibiting a prominent inner ring structure in the constellation Ursa Major, it was discovered on 9 March 1788 by William Herschel. Initially thought to be about 30 million light years distant. [Ref: WikiPedia]

Sky Conditions: Hazy skies gibeous moon,  FWHM: 2.5 arc sec/pixel

Imaging: Exposure: 120min Luminous (12x600sec) at 2x2bin and 120 min RGB each (12 x 600sec/ea.) at 2x2 bin using RGB filters

Guiding: ProTrac assisted guiding of 10 sec guide rate at 2x2 bin using NOAG

Equipment:
FLI 8300 CCD (LRGB filters), cooled to -30deg C
AT12RC at F8
Starlight Focuser                                                                                                                                                                                      NOAG with StarlightXpress Lodestar II  guide camera                                                                                                                                               Paramount ME Mount

SW:                                                                                                                                                                                                     FocusMax,, SkyX, PixIsight -  calibration with darks, flats,  bias and color correction

Observatory site : Northern VA

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