Subject: The Cone Nebula Region - Monoceros
Exposure: Composite of two 40-minute exposures
Processing: Negatives scanned, blended in Picture Window Pro 2.5, enhanced in Adobe Photoshop 6.0 with SGBNR grain reduction utility applied
Telescope: Takahashi FS102 - 102mm f/8 apochromatic refractor @ f/5.9
Mount: Losmandy G11
Guiding: SBIG ST-4
Film: un-hypered 35mm Kodak Supra 400
Location: Cape Cod Imaging Station. East Dennis, Massachusetts
Date: February 20, 2003
Comments: Air Temperature: 33F, Relative Humidity: 76%, Wind: Calm. Measured LVM 5.8. Sky was brighter than normal, caused by reflected lights off fresh snow cover.
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