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Sue Ann Heatherly edited Experimental Design.md almost 10 years ago

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Based on our findings we will create our own recommendation table for the PROMPT telescopes. For this experiment we conducted three trials. That is three images for each recommended exposure time were collected for each type of object. We analysed our data by visual inspection of the images. We used the image processing software Afterglow to change the min and max and determine the level of detail we could see and if any part of the image was over exposed. **NOTE: This table did not come out well at all when I exported as an article ( I used Markdown conventions.)** Next I cut and pasted the html from the Faulkes website:

Object Type	Lower Limit (seconds)	Usual Exposure Range (seconds)	Better Images (seconds)
Galaxy	30s	60s	120+s
Nebula	30s	60s	120+s
Star Cluster	2-5s	5-30s	Ask for advice
Planetary Nebula	10-20s	30-40s	Ask for advice
Asteroids	Mag <10: Avoid imaging if possible Mag. 10-13: 20s Mag. 14-16: 30s Mag. 16-18: 60s Mag. 18-20: 90s Mag. >20 please ask for advice as other factors may influence your observation.
Planets	These should not be observed with either FTN or FTS because they leave residual images on the CCD.
Stars	Depends on the magnitude of the stars. The exposure times for asteroids can be used as a guide to exposure times for stars.
Bright Stars	Stars brighter than magnitude 8 should not be routinely imaged without advice from the FT Operations Centre.
The Moon	The Moon is too large and too bright to be imaged with a Faulkes Telescope. See the Field of View link on the right.
The Sun	The Sun is much too bright to be imaged with a Faulkes Telescope. The telescope will not allow this to happen.