NGC 1357

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Equipment

16in RC Optical Systems telescope operating at f/8.8
Paramount ME Robotic Telescope Mount
SBIG ST10XME camera with color filter wheel

L R G B color production was used to create this image.

Luminance = 130 minutes binned 1x1
 Red = 50 minutes binned 2x2
 Green = 50 minutes binned 2x2
 Blue = 50 minutes binned 2x2
  • Two iterations of L-R deconvolution (sharpening) algorithm using CCDsharp was applied to the luminance image.

  • Digital Development (DDP) via Maxim/DL was also used in order to display the the very dim and very bright details of the image simultaneously.

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    Minimum credit line: Adam Block/Steve Mandel/Jim Rada and Students/NOAO/AURA /NSF

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    Updated: 12/08/2002