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| Object | Grus Trio- NGC 7582/ 7590/ 7599 |
| Info |
This interesting system is located in the constellation of Grus (Long neck crane). NGC 7582 is located at the top left hand corner. NGC 7590 is to the bottom center and NGC 7599 is to the bottom right hand corner. North is to the bottom. |
| Date | 13-19 / 8/ 04 |
| Location | BayTop Observatory- Streaky Bay South Australia |
| Instrument | Vixen VC200L working @ f4.7 with Hm made focal reducer |
| Mount | Vixen 'GPDX' controlled by a Mel Bartels Goto System |
| Camera (CCD) | Starlight Xpress HX516 monochrome with Hm, made filter slider |
| Exposures | L: 68' R:24' G:24' B:24' (4' sub exposures all unbinned). Only used column removal to hot pixel. No Dark frames were used. |
| Guiding | Sky WatcherPiggy backed Sky Watcher-f5 ST Refractor & a modified B&W webcam |
| Filters | Astronomik Type 2's |
| Notes/ Conditions |
Conditions when taking luminance on the 13th was very dewy, chasing seeing quite a bit. On the 19th when collecting RGB data, conditions were far better to start with but deteriorated as last of the blue channel exposures were being completed.
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