Object Double Cluster in Perseus (NGC 869 & NGC 884)
Telescope  Televue NP101 540mm @ f5.4
Mount Astro Physics 400 GTO
Camera SBIG ST-2000XM
Luminance 30 x 5 sec binned 1x1
RGB none
Camera Control SBIG CCDOPS
Processing CCDSoft and PhotoShop 6.0
Date 7 Feb 2004
Time 0250 UTC
Temp 49 deg F
Location Tucson, AZ
Notes Spent 50 minutes polar aligning, only to have the full moon rise at 0215 UTC.  The wind began gusting around 0230 UTC.  This is my first CCD image.

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