Canopus - Alpha Carina low in the south
Uploaded 2/29/24


Instrument:  RASA 8" f/2
Mount:  Ioptron GEM45
Camera:  Color CMOS OSC
Guider: ASI mini  w/80mm piggyback refractor
Exposure:  1 min
Location:  Payson, Arizona, Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing FWHM = 2 arcsec , Transparency 9/10
Outside Temperature:  35 F

Image Processing Tools: 
Maxim DL6:  Calibration, Color Conversion, aligning, stacking
PixInsight:  Saturation Curves
Photoshop CS2:  Curves, Color Correction, Gradient removal (Grad Xterminator), Cleanup

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