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Messier Catalog - m101


Constellation: Ursa Major


Time/location: 19. March 2008, Rustadgrenda, Norway
Exposure: 26 x 300 seconds, C8 @ F6, IRB filter, Artemis 285, wxAstroCapture, Linux Kubuntu 7.10
Guiding: Takahashi FS60c and Vesta SC3 bw, wxAstroCapture, Linux Kubuntu 7.10
Processing: ImageTOOLSca, running under WINE on Linux. Final adjustments Photoshop CS2 (Windows)

Time/location: 17. March 2008, Rustadgrenda, Norway
Exposure: 6 x 300 seconds, C8 @ F6, IRB filter, Artemis 285, wxAstroCapture, Linux Kubuntu 7.10
Only 6 exposures obtained due to clouds.
Guiding: Takahashi FS60c and Vesta SC3 bw, wxAstroCapture, Linux Kubuntu 7.10
Processing: ImageTOOLSca, running under WINE on Linux. Final adjustments Photoshop CS2 (Windows)

Time/location: 18. March 2006, Rustadgrenda, Norway
Exposure: 13 x 240 seconds, C8 @ F3, IRB filter, Artemis 285, Artemis Capture
Guiding: Takahashi FS60c and Vesta SC3 bw, K3CCDTools3 & MTSca Pro
Mount: Vixen GPDX (FS60C on counterweight shaft), MTS-3SDI controller
m101, 10. April 2004. 100 x 19 seconds, C8, F/2.7. Vesta 690K SC3 (using Meade 0.33x focal reducer)