Scope: C8 f/5 Location: Blair Valley - Anza Borrego, CA 10/25/2003 Camera: ToUcam SC3
Exposure: 15 x 2 sec and 7 x 24 sec Luminance Exposure with IR block filter, 15 x 8 sec each RGB Exposures
Processing: Captured and stacked in K3CCDTools in with L,R,G,B saved as FITs. LRGB masters were registered in Astroart. Some Lowpass filtering was applied followed by un-sharp mask on the Luminance frame. LRGB Combine was done in Photoshop using Luminance Layering (or LLRGB). Color balance and final touches in Photoshop.
M71 is somewhat unremarkable and dim compared to the grander Globular Cluster. It is irregularly shaped with a somewhat dense surrounding starfield.. Horizontal FOV is 16'