Markarian's Chain - Galaxies in Virgo

ST-10XME and CFW8a, Astrodon LRGB filter set
Takahashi FSQ F/5 Fluorite Refractor w Robofocus
18 x 5 min Luminance, 6 x 5 min RGB for a total of 3 hours
Self-guided on an AP900GTO mount
Acquired, Flats and Darks subtracted in CCDSoft5
Alignment, Deblooming and Sigma Reject combine in Maxim
Levels and curves in PS CS2
Sharpening via High Pass filter on the Luminance in PS CS2
Luminance layered in per Rob Gendler's article

March 20 2007
Flesherton, Ontario, Canada

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