Auggie's 8th Grade Science Fair
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NGC 2403900 viewsThis is all the data that I took to find the limiting magnitude of various exposure lengths
Imaged at: Escondido and Blair Valley
Equipment:
Optics - 8" F5
Mount - Takahashi NJP
Camera - SBIG STL-11000
Exposure Information: approx. 25x10min, 7x5 min for L, 7x5 min each RGB
Image Processing Software:
I used Registar to register the color data to the luminance, then used Photoshop to do some Curves/Levels adjustments.
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Plot of Limiting Magnitude vs. Exposure Time For Various Sky Brightnesses630 views
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Procedure for Finding Limiting Magnitude631 views1. Set up and polar align Tak. NJP mount with 8" Newt. with SBIG 11000
2. Locate NGC 2403
4. Locate guide star and calibrate guider
5. Take sequence of 5, 10, 30, 60, 120, and 600 sec.
6. Open dark-subtracted images in MaxIm
7. Using the settings above, find magnitude and SNR of the three circled stars
8. Record Magnitude and SNR of each in Excel
9. insert the formula "=(LOG(SNR Star x/3)/LOG(2.51))+Magnitude Star x” for each star to find the limiting magnitude using a SNR of 3 as the limiting magnitude
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Summary of Sky Brightness Results14288 viewsAcquired using an SBIG ST-2000 with a Borg 45mm.
Calibrated using a normal night on Palomar Mountain.
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