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M11
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Crop of the 'Wild Duck Cluster'

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M11 Galactic Cluster in Scutum
Date August 29, 2008
Exposure LRGB 15:15:15:15 (luminance synthesized from RGB)
Camera STL11000M with Astronomk filters
Telescope/Mount ASA 10N f/3.6 on Losmandy G11 w/Gemini
Guiding External guide head with E-finder
Processing MaximDL, Photoshop CS3, GradientXterminator
Comments Moderate seeing, difficult flats, test of repaired STL11K

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M11 Galactic Cluster in Scutum
Date July 2, 2005 (Star Graze II - EOC)
Exposure LRGB 16:9:11:9 (unguided 60 second integrations, unbinned)
Camera SXV-H9 with Schuler filters
Telescope Takahashi Sky90 f/4.5 (reducer/flattener) on GM-8
Guiding unguided
Processing MaximDL, Photoshop CS, FITS Liberator
Comments Dark sky, clear, good transparency, LM 6+ (19.85 mag/arcsec2)

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