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Object Name	IC5070 the Pelican Nebula (skull with rear neck region); pelican eye can be seen at center of left border
Object Data	Constellation: Cygnus; Angular Size = 60 x 50 arcmins; Distance approx. 1.6 kly
Date/Time/Site	August 6, 2004 / 0430 UTC / Fort George Observatory
Scope/Mount	Astro-Physics AP155 EDFS @ f7 / 900 GTO
Guide Scope	SBIG E-finder 100 mm f4
Guider	SBIG STV dlx; 2 sec exposure using 7 frame average; gain RA/DEC = 1.0/0.5
Camera	SXV-H9 binned 2x2; Image Scale = 2.43 arcsecs/pixel; FOV = 28.2 x 21.1 arcmins
Exposure Data	300 seconds x 6; 30 minutes total exposure
Filter System	Astronomiks 13 nm FWHM h-alpha
Camera Control	Starlight Xpress SXV_H9F_USB 3.5
Image Processing	Willmann-Bell AIP4WIN v1.4.25

Object Name	M16 open cluster associated with the Eagle Nebula IC4703
Object Data	Constellation: Serpens; Angular Size = 7 arcmins; Distance approx. 7 kly
Date/Time/Site	August 2, 2004 / 0415 UTC / Fort George Observatory
Scope/Mount	Astro-Physics AP155 EDFS @ f7 / 900 GTO
Guide Scope	SBIG E-finder 100 mm f4
Guider	SBIG STV dlx; 2 sec exposure using 7 frame average; gain RA/DEC = 1.0/0.5
Camera	SXV-H9 binned 2 x 2; Image Scale = 2.43 arcsecs/pixel; FOV = 28.2 x 21.1 arcmins
Exposure Data	300 seconds x 2; 10 minutes total exposure
Filter System	Astronomiks 13 nm FWHM h-alpha
Camera Control	Starlight Xpress SXV_H9F_USB 3.5
Image Processing	Willmann-Bell AIP4WIN v1.4.25

Object Name	M27 planetary nebula NGC6853 the Dumbbell Nebula
Object Data	Constellation: Vulpecula; Angular Size = 8 x 5.7 arcmins; Distance approx. 1.25 kly
Date/Time/Site	September 26, 2004 / 0325 UTC / Fort George Observatory
Scope/Mount	Astro-Physics AP155 EDFS @ f7 / 900 GTO
Guide Scope	SBIG E-finder 100 mm f4
Guider	SBIG STV dlx; 2 sec exposure using 7 frame average; gain RA/DEC = 1.0/0.5
Camera	SXV-H9 binned 2 x 2; Image Scale = 2.43 arcsecs/pixel; FOV = 25.1 x 17.4 arcmins
Exposure Data	900 seconds x 8; 2 hours total exposure
Filter System	Astronomiks 13 nm FWHM h-alpha
Camera Control	Starlight Xpress SXV_H9F_USB 3.5
Image Processing	Willmann-Bell AIP4WIN v1.4.25

The following 2 images show the negative impact that the Chicago area light pollution dome has on image quality when "Light Pollution Reduction" filtering techniques are not utilized. I'm 19 miles (30km) WSW of downtown Chicago.

Object Name	M16 open cluster associated with the Eagle Nebula IC4703
Object Data	Constellation: Serpens; Angular Size = 7 arcmins; Distance approx. 7 kly
Date/Time/Site	August 2, 2004 / 0330 UTC / Fort George Observatory
Scope/Mount	Astro-Physics AP155 EDFS @ f7 / 900 GTO
Guide Scope	SBIG E-finder 100 mm f4
Guider	SBIG STV dlx; 2 sec exposure using 7 frame average; gain RA/DEC = 1.0/0.5
Camera	SXV-H9 binned 1 x 1 scaled 2 x 2; Image Scale = 2.43 arcsecs/pixel; FOV = 28.2 x 21.1 arcmins
Exposure Data	180 seconds x 4; 12 minutess total exposure
Filter System	None
Camera Control	Starlight Xpress SXV_H9F_USB 3.5
Image Processing	Willmann-Bell AIP4WIN v1.4.25

Object Name	M13 globular cluster NGC6205
Object Data	Constellation: Hercules; Angular Size = 20 arcmins; Distance approx. 25.1 kly; approx. 200,000 stars
Date/Time/Site	August 2, 2004 / 0415 UTC / Fort George Observatory
Scope/Mount	Astro-Physics AP155 EDFS @ f7 / 900 GTO
Guide Scope	SBIG E-finder 100 mm f4
Guider	SBIG STV dlx; 2 sec exposure using 7 frame average; gain RA/DEC = 1.0/0.5
Camera	SXV-H9 binned 1 x 1 scaled 2 x 2; Image Scale = 2.43 arcsecs/pixel; FOV = 28.2 x 21.1 arcmins
Exposure Data	180 seconds x 2; 6 minutess total exposure
Filter System	None
Camera Control	Starlight Xpress SXV_H9F_USB 3.5
Image Processing	Willmann-Bell AIP4WIN v1.4.25

Supernova "SN2004et" was discovered by Stefano Moretti at the Observatorio di Bastia located in Italy. The discovery occured on September 27, 2004 and was confirmed on September 30th, 2004. I was fortunate to image SN2004et a few days later.

Object Name	NGC6946 spiral galaxy containing supernova SN2004et
Object Data	Constellation: Cepheus; Angular Size = 11 x 20 arcmins; Distance approx. 10 Mly
Date/Time/Site	October 3, 2004 / 0125 UTC / Fort George Observatory
Scope/Mount	Astro-Physics AP155 EDFS @ f7 / 900 GTO
Guide Scope	SBIG E-finder 100 mm f4
Guider	SBIG STV dlx 2 sec exposure using 7 frame average, gain RA/DEC = 1.0/0.5
Camera	SXV-H9 binned 2 x 2; Image Scale = 2.43 arcsec/pixel; FOV = 28.2 x 21.1 arcmins
Exposure Data	900 seconds x 20; 5 hours total exposure time
Filter System	Astronomiks 13 nm FWHM h-alpha
Camera Control	Starlight Xpress SXV_H9F_USB 3.5
Image Processing	Willmann-Bell AIP4WIN v1.4.25

Object Name	Moon: 11 days old
Object Data	None
Date/Time/Site	October 25, 2004 / 0305 UTC / Fort George Observatory
Scope/Mount	Astro-Physics Stowaway 92mm @ f6.6 / 900 GTO
Guide Scope	None
Guider	None
Camera	SXV-H9 binned 2x2; Image Scale = 4.34 arcsecs/pixel; FOV = 39.8 x 36.2 arcmins
Exposure Data	0.02 seconds
Filter System	Astronomiks 13 nm FWHM h-alpha
Camera Control	Starlight Xpress SXV_H9F_USB 3.5
Image Processing	Willmann-Bell AIP4WIN v1.4.25

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