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Telescope : Vixen VC200L Visac @6.4

Camera : Starlight Xpress SXVR H35 Full frame 1x1 bin @ -25 Celsius

Filters : Baader UHTC-2 , RGB

Mount : IOptron IEQ45 guiderate at 0.5x

Guiding : 70 mm Vixen guidingscope  and Meade DSI 1 using PHD

Exposure : 45 min : (3 x 15 min)  L , 2 x 5 min RGB , 7 Darks , 50 Bias and 6 L-Flats .  

Capturing : Nebulosity 3

Processing : , CCD Stack  and PS CS 4

Location : The Haque , Sterrenwacht WaVe

The Netherlands

Date : 13-5-2012

Conditions :  8 degrees celsius 

Remarks: Against better judgement , I know LRGB is not possible in my hometown.

Still , I tried using a UHTC type 2 Filter and RGB.

There is no color to be found here !!!

Quite windy and had to delete 2 L-subframes due to guiding errors.