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Photographer:

Tim Lockhart

Location of Photo:

Bowling Green, Ky

Date/Time of photo:

The evening and early morning of July 27th and 28th, 2011.

Equipment:

CAMERA: Canon XSI, 450D modified TELESCOPE: Orion 100ED @ F/18 MOUNT: Celestron CG-5GT. ISO SETTING: 800 EXPOSURES: 32 EXPOSURE LENGTH: 300sec. TOTAL EXPOSURE LENGTH: 2hrs 40min. SUBTRACTIONS: 10 dark frames and 10 bias frames. CAPTURE: MaximDL STACKING/PRE-PROCESSING: Deep Sky Stacker PROCESSING: Photoshop CS3

Description:

This photo shows NGC 7009, with it's bright central star, it's gasses being blown off in layers and it's ansae, "handles."

Website:

http://www.astrotarp.com/image%20pages/NGC7009_Saturn_Nebula_Page.html

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