blueman
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I received a message that some here would like to ask questions about the Horse Head and Flame image I posted.
I would be glad to answer any questions you might post.
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14.5" Starmaster with ServoCat and Argo Navis
1966 Unitron 4" Model 152 EQ
Tec 140
TV NP101 f/5.4 APO Telvue .8 Focal Reducer
FLI ML8300 and CFW-2-7 filter wheel
Astrodon Gen2 RGBL 2" filters
Baader 2" Narrow Band Filters
Borg 50mm Guide Scope/ATIK Titan Guide Camera
AstroPhysics AP900
Losmandy GM-8 Gemini
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stefsaber
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 Wow, incredible detail of the flame, you rarely see it that good. And great horsehead too...
What kind of camera and scope were used?!
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-Stefan
"A common mistake people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." -Douglas Adams
Current Equip: Zhummel 10" Dob
Past Scopes: ETX 90---Vixen ED80Sf---WO 66SD--WO Megrez 80II Triplet
Fort Myers, FL
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Mike D
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And all the details for exposures: lights, darks, flats, etc...
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Vixen SXD
Vixen ED80Sf
Hutech 350D
STI Stiletto
Meade 2080
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Dob8
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Loc: Penticton, BC
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Wow, that is a sweet image
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Clear skies,
Rob
Zhumell 10" dob
Meade DS2090AT
Celestron 15 x 70 Skymaster
Tasco 7 x 50
 Penticton
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novbabies
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Great shot  !!
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Good Seeing!
Mark
Orion 12" XTi f/4.9
VERY old Edmund 6" f/8 reflector
Assorted binoculars
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s58y
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Excellent closeup shot of the HH + Flame. The non-red details are fantastic.
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Hutech 500D/T1i, 550D/T2i, DMK21AU618, SBIG ST-402 autoguider
SV80S, TV102iis, EdgeHD 800
Lenses: 800mm, 180mm, 135mm, 105mm, 85mm
AP900, Barndoor tracker
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blueman
Vendor Blue Sky Accessories
Reged: 07/20/07
Posts: 4303
Loc: California
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Hi all,
Thank you all for your comments!
Ok, the specs are as follows
William Optics Megrez 80mm APO f/6 Imaging Scope
Televue .8 Focal Reducer
Meade DSI II Pro
Meade CCD Filter set
Losmandy GM-11 with Gemini
Auto guiding Meade 80mm f/11.3, .5 Focal Reducer, DSI I Pro
All subs 120 seconds
R = 10 Total 20 min
G = 10 Total 20 min
B = 10 Total 20 min
L = 38 Total 76 min
Total exposure time 136 minutes
Auto Dark Subtraction using Meade Envisage for capture
CCDStack used for registering and stacking
Photoshop CS2, Carboni Actions used for post processing.
No Flats or Bias frames were used.
Blueman
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14.5" Starmaster with ServoCat and Argo Navis
1966 Unitron 4" Model 152 EQ
Tec 140
TV NP101 f/5.4 APO Telvue .8 Focal Reducer
FLI ML8300 and CFW-2-7 filter wheel
Astrodon Gen2 RGBL 2" filters
Baader 2" Narrow Band Filters
Borg 50mm Guide Scope/ATIK Titan Guide Camera
AstroPhysics AP900
Losmandy GM-8 Gemini
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stefsaber
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Reged: 06/24/06
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Loc: Rainy Florida
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Wow, that DSI II Pro certainly is worth the bucks it looks like 
Great setup you have there! Quick question, that WO Megrez 80, is it the triplet edition or the Zenithstar regular doublet edition?
And great cluster image too Which one is that?
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-Stefan
"A common mistake people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." -Douglas Adams
Current Equip: Zhummel 10" Dob
Past Scopes: ETX 90---Vixen ED80Sf---WO 66SD--WO Megrez 80II Triplet
Fort Myers, FL
Edited by stefsaber (12/29/07 08:55 PM)
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Dr Nick
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Loc: Glen Innes, NSW, Australia
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Wow! The detail in that image is amazing! Great work! 
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Clear Skies, Nick
http://www.NicksAstronomy.com
Sky Watcher 8" f/5 Newtonian(which I got when I was 10yrs old and 5yrs later I'm still adding to) w/JMI motofocus/standard, axis guider.
ToUcam Pro w/Phillips vlounge/registax/and Virtual Dub,
DSI Pro II w/envisage/photoshop cs2/,
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Bill W.
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Great looking shot blueman!!!
-Bill
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CGE Pro, Orion Atlas EQ-G (EQMOD), SBIG ST-8300M
Astro-Tech 8" Imaging Newtonian, Meade 8" SCT OTA, Stellarvue SV66ED & Meade Lightbridge 16"
The Cottage Observatory
formerly Skunk Hollow Observatory
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Gregk
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Reged: 11/19/06
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Loc: Gilbert Arizona
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Excellent image...what are your skies like 9.5?
I wonder if that reducer will work with my 66mm APO from William optics...
Greg 
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My Images Here
Orion Star Shoot Pro OSC
Orion Star Shoot III Mono
Orion Sirius mount
Celestron ED80 P
Celestron 6" SCT S
Oiron 50mm Finder/guider
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blueman
Vendor Blue Sky Accessories
Reged: 07/20/07
Posts: 4303
Loc: California
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Hi Stephen,
The DSI Pro II is actually a real sleeper of a performer.
The image is NGC-7789, open cluster in Cassiopeia.
The WO 80mm is the Megrez 80mm APO Triplet f/6, LOMO objective I believe, made in Russia. Excellent scope, but they are no longer being made and only a few are left from APM.
Blueman
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14.5" Starmaster with ServoCat and Argo Navis
1966 Unitron 4" Model 152 EQ
Tec 140
TV NP101 f/5.4 APO Telvue .8 Focal Reducer
FLI ML8300 and CFW-2-7 filter wheel
Astrodon Gen2 RGBL 2" filters
Baader 2" Narrow Band Filters
Borg 50mm Guide Scope/ATIK Titan Guide Camera
AstroPhysics AP900
Losmandy GM-8 Gemini
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blueman
Vendor Blue Sky Accessories
Reged: 07/20/07
Posts: 4303
Loc: California
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Hi Greg,
Thank you!
My skies are pretty good, but not quite 9.5. Transparency is the key as well as steady skies. I am fortunate to have a few sites near me that fit that description.
The TV Reducer works from 400-700mm I believe. So most likely it would work just fine. It does add in focus because it extends the camera away from the focuser. So if you have to focus out a ways, it would not be a problem.
Blueman
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14.5" Starmaster with ServoCat and Argo Navis
1966 Unitron 4" Model 152 EQ
Tec 140
TV NP101 f/5.4 APO Telvue .8 Focal Reducer
FLI ML8300 and CFW-2-7 filter wheel
Astrodon Gen2 RGBL 2" filters
Baader 2" Narrow Band Filters
Borg 50mm Guide Scope/ATIK Titan Guide Camera
AstroPhysics AP900
Losmandy GM-8 Gemini
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blueman
Vendor Blue Sky Accessories
Reged: 07/20/07
Posts: 4303
Loc: California
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Thanks Bill, your shot looks nice as well!
Blueman
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14.5" Starmaster with ServoCat and Argo Navis
1966 Unitron 4" Model 152 EQ
Tec 140
TV NP101 f/5.4 APO Telvue .8 Focal Reducer
FLI ML8300 and CFW-2-7 filter wheel
Astrodon Gen2 RGBL 2" filters
Baader 2" Narrow Band Filters
Borg 50mm Guide Scope/ATIK Titan Guide Camera
AstroPhysics AP900
Losmandy GM-8 Gemini
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blueman
Vendor Blue Sky Accessories
Reged: 07/20/07
Posts: 4303
Loc: California
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Thank you Nick. 
Blueman
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14.5" Starmaster with ServoCat and Argo Navis
1966 Unitron 4" Model 152 EQ
Tec 140
TV NP101 f/5.4 APO Telvue .8 Focal Reducer
FLI ML8300 and CFW-2-7 filter wheel
Astrodon Gen2 RGBL 2" filters
Baader 2" Narrow Band Filters
Borg 50mm Guide Scope/ATIK Titan Guide Camera
AstroPhysics AP900
Losmandy GM-8 Gemini
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stefsaber
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Reged: 06/24/06
Posts: 4941
Loc: Rainy Florida
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Quote:
Hi Stephen,
The DSI Pro II is actually a real sleeper of a performer.
The image is NGC-7789, open cluster in Cassiopeia.
The WO 80mm is the Megrez 80mm APO Triplet f/6, LOMO objective I believe, made in Russia. Excellent scope, but they are no longer being made and only a few are left from APM.
Blueman
You sure are getting some excellent shots with it!! That sounds like a great scope to have! I have a WO Megrez 80 Triplet too, but its not a LOMO objective as far as I know...
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-Stefan
"A common mistake people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." -Douglas Adams
Current Equip: Zhummel 10" Dob
Past Scopes: ETX 90---Vixen ED80Sf---WO 66SD--WO Megrez 80II Triplet
Fort Myers, FL
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blueman
Vendor Blue Sky Accessories
Reged: 07/20/07
Posts: 4303
Loc: California
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Hi Stephan,
Thanks!
if your Megrez is an f/6 then it is the Lomo objective or at least that is my understanding.
Blueman
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14.5" Starmaster with ServoCat and Argo Navis
1966 Unitron 4" Model 152 EQ
Tec 140
TV NP101 f/5.4 APO Telvue .8 Focal Reducer
FLI ML8300 and CFW-2-7 filter wheel
Astrodon Gen2 RGBL 2" filters
Baader 2" Narrow Band Filters
Borg 50mm Guide Scope/ATIK Titan Guide Camera
AstroPhysics AP900
Losmandy GM-8 Gemini
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Jeff J.
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 01/16/06
Posts: 1127
Loc: Las Cruces, NM
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Outstanding work...both in your image capture as well as processing techniques. Bravo!
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Tak TOA-130F
Tak FS-60C
Tak EM200 Temma II
QSI 540wsg
http://jeffjastro.com
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blueman
Vendor Blue Sky Accessories
Reged: 07/20/07
Posts: 4303
Loc: California
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Thank you so much, Happy New Year and may your skies be clear and dark. 
Blueman
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14.5" Starmaster with ServoCat and Argo Navis
1966 Unitron 4" Model 152 EQ
Tec 140
TV NP101 f/5.4 APO Telvue .8 Focal Reducer
FLI ML8300 and CFW-2-7 filter wheel
Astrodon Gen2 RGBL 2" filters
Baader 2" Narrow Band Filters
Borg 50mm Guide Scope/ATIK Titan Guide Camera
AstroPhysics AP900
Losmandy GM-8 Gemini
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stefsaber
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Reged: 06/24/06
Posts: 4941
Loc: Rainy Florida
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Quote:
Hi Stephan,
Thanks!
if your Megrez is an f/6 then it is the Lomo objective or at least that is my understanding.
Blueman
Ah, mines a f/7...
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-Stefan
"A common mistake people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." -Douglas Adams
Current Equip: Zhummel 10" Dob
Past Scopes: ETX 90---Vixen ED80Sf---WO 66SD--WO Megrez 80II Triplet
Fort Myers, FL
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