IC 443

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IC 443

Telescope: 

AP-130 at F/6 with AP Field Flattener.
AP 600 GoTo Mount with ST-4
Film & Exposure: E200 77 min, 60 min and 30 min exposure using Tokai LPF Filter 
Location: My Driveway (Huntertown, IN),   Moderate Light Pollution
Date: March 31, 2000
Processing: Scanned with SprintScan 35+  
Levels and color adjusted in Photoshop
Stacked using Multipoint Feature of Picture Window;  25 points used
Enhancement of low level light area by Curves
Grain reduction by light masking and gaussian blur  (Technique)

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