| M101 Date: June 3, 2005 Camera: SBIG STL6303E Filters: AstroDon L,R,G,B (STL internal filter wheel) Camera control software: CCDSoft Focal reducer: None Guiding/adaptive optics: self-guided, internal guide chip Camera temperature: -20C Image Acquisition Software: CCDAutopilot2 for certain steps Telescope: RCOS 16 Carbon Tube, Aries optics, F9 Telescope control software: RCOS TCC, TheSky6 Mount: Paramount ME (MKS 4000) Subexposures: Luminance: 13 x 8 minute, binned 1x1 RGB: 7 x 3 minute, binned 2x2 Conditions: high humidity. Processing: CDSoft, CCDSharp (Luminance only), MiraAP, MaximDL, Registar, Sigma, Photoshop CS2. |
| M101 Date: March 5, 2005 Camera: SBIG ST10XE Filters: AstroDon L,R,G,B (CFW8a filter wheel) Camera control software: CCDSoft Focal reducer: AP 0.67 Guiding/adaptive optics: self-guided, internal guide chip Camera temperature: -20C Image Acquisition Software: None Telescope: RCOS 16 Carbon Tube, Aries optics, F9 Telescope control software: RCOS TCC, TheSky6 Mount: Paramount ME (MKS 4000) Subexposures: Luminance: 6 x 8 minute, binned 2x2 RGB: 5 x 2 minute, binned 3x3 Conditions: high humidity, low altitude, haze. Processing: CDSoft, CCDSharp (Luminance only), MaximDL, Registar, Sigma, Photoshop CS. |
| M101 |
| M101 Date: July 1, 2, 3, 4, 2010 (with additional Luminance from June 3, 2005) Camera: SBIG STL6303E Filters: AstroDon L,R,G,B (STL internal filter wheel) Camera control software: CCDSoft Guiding/adaptive optics: AO-L, internal guide chip Camera temperature: -10C (-20 2005 data) Image Acquisition Software: CCDAutopilot4 Telescope: RCOS 16 Carbon Tube, Aries optics, F9 Telescope control software: RCOS TCC, TheSky6 Mount: Paramount ME (MKS 4000) Subexposures: Luminance: 314 minutes, unbinned (14x900 sec 2010; 13 x 480 sec 2005) RGB: 165 minutes each, binned 2x2 Conditions: high humidity. Processing: CCDStack2; Photoshop CS4. |
