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jgraham
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Reged: 12/02/04
Posts: 6541
Loc: Dayton, Ohio
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Last night the sky was clear, but very humid, so I looked for a fairly bright condensed target and came across this little gem. NGC 3115 (Caldwell 53) is small bright edge-on galaxy with a very faint dust lane (not visible in this image). While my SN6 was busy taking this image I tracked this little galaxy down with my 10” f/5.6 Newtonian; it was a tad tricky to locate because of its small size, but very neat once I found it. These images make the best darned star maps!
LRGB (L:75x30sec, RGB: 25x30sec each, high gain) taken with a Meade DSI Pro at the prime focus of an LXD75 SN6, source images saved as FITS, aligned in ASIP, combined in drizzle, LRGB assembled in Photoshop.
-John
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-John
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Homebuilt scopes from 4.25-16.5"
Meade LXD75-N6/SN6/SC8, DSX-90, ETX-60BB, ETX-125PE, DS-2130
Orion StarBlast, BinoViewers, Coronado PST
Rebel XT/XTi, DSI Pro (I & II), DSI, LPI, Electronic Eyepiece, Phillips SPC900NC
Tasco 60mm Refractors
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jay52
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 09/26/04
Posts: 2280
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Very cool, John! I like this object myself and I'm glad to see you going after tougher stuff like this. Very well done!
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jay
www.allaboutastro.com
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