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ZWO ASI178MC Camera Images

Capture Notes: ZWO ASI178MC camera, unless otherwise indicated. 8 inch Meade LXD55 SCT and 3X barlow. ASIStudio is being used to capture the videos.
Processing Notes: Final processing has been done using AutoStakkert for stacking, and Registax version 5 or version 6 for wavelets. PhotoShop CS2 or Paint Shop Pro 9 have been used for adjusting levels, curves, and color, while Neat Image is used for digital noise removal.
Image Notes: North is up.

November 22, 2022 at 0:59 UT

1184 frames stacked. Camera settings: exposure 51 milliseconds, and gain 387. The video resolution was set to 1024x768. Binning was set to 1x1. Seeing was average (~3 out of 5). Angular diameter 16.7".

November 01, 2022 at 0:46 UT

725 frames stacked. Camera settings: exposure 62 milliseconds, and gain 404. The video resolution was set to 1024x768. Binning was set to 1x1. Seeing was average to good (~3 to 4 out of 5). Angular diameter 17.3".

October 09, 2022 at 2:18 UT

450 frames stacked. Camera settings: exposure 100 milliseconds, and gain 372. The video resolution was set to 1024x768. Binning was set to 1x1. Seeing was poor to average (~2 to 3 out of 5). Angular diameter 18.0".

October 02, 2022 at 2:42 UT

450 frames stacked. Camera settings: exposure 100 milliseconds, and gain 374. The video resolution was set to 1024x768. Binning was set to 1x1. Seeing was poor to average (~2 to 3 out of 5). Angular diameter 18.1".