Wonderful pair of galaxies by the bowl of the big dipper. For more information about these galaxies see SEDS or Wikipedia.
Taken the night I watched the Flint Hills burning, I was unable to exposure longer due to an approaching fire line. The fire was more light pollution problem than risky conditions. Despite the situation I was surprised how well the image turned out. Poor matching of the dark frame temperature lead to the blueish area lower right.
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Date | 04.09.2010, starting at 23:00 |
Location | Teterville, Kansas |
Lens | AP 130 @ f6 w/field flattener |
Camera | Canon 350D, Hutech modified type I |
Exposure | Stack of 16, 7 minute exposures at ISO 800 ( |
Notes | Decent transparency for the conditions, very windy, temperature around 50°F Calibrated with bias, dark and flat frames. Initial RAW conversion, registration and stacking in ImagesPlus. Additional adjustments in Photoshop CS2, Gradient xTerminator and Neat Image noise reduction. |