waassaabee
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I was using CCD Calculator the other day to check a few targets for the AT8RC when I ran across the Foxface Nebula... At the end of my very enlightening session last night I figured I'd burn an hour on this one as an experiment. It really needs a bunch more time, and we all know what the jpg compression does to our masterpieces, but here it is! (I'm going back soon...)
NGC1788 - Reflection nebula in Orion
AT8RC/modded 350D
ISO1600 3 minutes 23 frames
CGEM/miniBorg50/Q Guider/PHD
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Gary
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Jerry Lodriguss
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Hi Gary,
That's a really cool shot of a little photographed object, congratulations on a fine picture!
Jerry
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waassaabee
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Thanks Jerry! It is a neat little neb with lots of potential. It's definitely on my hit list for the future.
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Gary
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lawrie
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Nice shot Gary, tons of stuff in there.
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Ya thats a cool mix of stuff , well done.
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waassaabee
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Thanks gents!! I'll be reprocessing this as I think there is more color to be had. This was done this morning on one cup of coffee and four hours sleep.
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Gary
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Mike Clemens
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Looks smooth Gary, nice shot
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waassaabee
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Thanks Mike, Noise Ninja to the rescue!! I'm thinking when it starts rising a little earlier, I'll devote a night or two as there's a lot of faint dust and detail.
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Gary
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KevinUK
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Hey I see the fox's face! That's a new one to me and I've added it to my shortly to do list.
Add another hours data and the difference will be 500%!
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waassaabee
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Hey I see the fox's face! That's a new one to me and I've added it to my shortly to do list.
Add another hours data and the difference will be 500%!
I'm not sure how you're looking at it, because I presented it this was as I saw the face looking slightly to the right. After I went to the image I originally saw and compared (fox looking slightly to the left), mine needs to be rotated CW 90 degrees and more (lots) data added.. I'm thinking I'd like to have 3 to 4 hours data on this one.
Here is R. Jay Gabany's image from Ron Wodaski's CCD Calculator.
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Gary
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Javier1978
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Beautiful image Gary!
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waassaabee
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Many thanks Javier! It's a blast being able to image again after a 4 month respite. Even more fun to have a new scope at the same time... 
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Gary
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waassaabee
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I reprocessed, rotated and cropped it a bit. Let me know what you think!!
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Gary
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xatamec
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Hi Gary,
This is a cool shot. It is a very beautiful nebula that I didn't know.
Sergi
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waassaabee
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Sergi,
Thanks!! It seems to be a fairly unknown, or at least unphotographed nebula. I stumbled on it completely by accident... 
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Gary
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Star surfer8
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Cool shot. Second one has a tad more color so the dark stuff stands out more.
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Nicola
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Hi Gary,
very nice image on an unusual target. Where you shooting at full focal length of your scope or with a focal reducer?
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waassaabee
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Tom, Thanks.. actually the second one I just took my time! The first shot was the 'morning after' and only four hours sleep. Plus I was a bit anxious to get results, so anxious the orientation was 90 degrees off!! 
Nicola, Great to hear from you! This is full focal length of the AT8RC, 1625mm f/8. I have a TV x.8 FR (TRF2008) that I want to try sometime, but I'm still getting comfortable with the scope and checking collimation and such.
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Gary
34N 120W
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Mike C
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Great image, Gary.
Never heard of the Foxface Nebula before, but I love the quirkly name so it's going on my to-do list for this winter!
Thanks for posting.
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nickatnight
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Very cool shot, Gary. I like the second version too. No question it's a fox. 
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