Echo
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Welcome to the Messier Catalogue Project
This will be a long term and ongoing project to collect photos of all 110 Messier Objects. I would like to collect several photos of each object using various mediums. These don't have to be professional level photographs so don't be shy! If we can capture photos showing what you see visually, all the better! Please list the following information with each photo:
Your Full name
Where you reside (Town and Country)
Time and Date of the photo
Equipment and processing used
We respectfully request that all work be original. I look forward to seeing what we can achieve! Tina
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Charles
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DO you want them posted here? I would recommend building a FORUM for just this collection, and then building a thread for each of the messiers! That way all the images will be posted in the proper thread. At the end we could decide which images will make up the catalogue. You could make each of the threads sticky and not allow any new threads to be created.
My opinion!
Charles
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Ralph McIntosh
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Charles, good idea.
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Echo
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Not if you are the moderator! I want to keep things right here for now. If it overgrows it boundaries I will consider moving it. Thanks for the suggestions.
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Edited by Echo (03/31/04 07:04 PM)
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Ralph McIntosh
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M103
Ralph McIntosh
Hanau, Germany
15.3.2004
GSO 200/800mm Newton
Losmandy GM-8
Canon 10D
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Suk Lee
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Great idea. File size limit? 60k? 100k? 1 Gig?
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Echo
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Suk,
60-100k should be alright.
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Suk Lee
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M82
Suk Lee
Pleasanton, CA, USA
3/2/04
Mewlon 250, ST2000/CFW8, AP900
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Suk Lee
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M81
Suk Lee
Pleasanton, CA, USA
3/8/04
Mewlon 250, ST2000/CFW8/AO7, AP900
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Suk Lee
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M104
Suk Lee
Pleasanton, CA, USA
3/10/04
Mewlon 250, ST2000/AO7, AP900
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Suk Lee
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M95
Suk Lee
Pleasanton, CA, USA
3/19/04
Mewlon 250, ST2000/AO7, AP900
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Suk Lee
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M81 & M82
Suk Lee
Pleasanton, CA, USA
3/21/03
Epsilon 160, ST2000/CFW8, AP900
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Suk Lee
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M3
Suk Lee
Pleasanton, CA, USA
3/28/04
Mewlon 250, 0.75x reducer, ST2000/CFW8/AO7, AP900
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Suk Lee
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M20 & M21
Suk Lee
Pleasanton, CA, USA
7/6/03
Epsilon 160, ST2000/CFW8, AP900
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Suk Lee
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M52 & Bubble Nebula
Suk Lee
Pleasanton, CA, USA
7/8/03
Epsilon 160, ST2000/CFW8, AP900
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Suk Lee
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M33
Suk Lee
Fairview, TX, USA
10/12/02
Epsilon 160, ST2000/CFW8, AP900
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Suk Lee
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M45
Suk Lee
Fairview, TX, USA
11/01/02
Epsilon 160, ST2000/CFW8, AP900
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Suk Lee
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M42
Suk Lee
Fairview, TX, USA
12/7/02 Epsilon 160, ST2000/CFW8, AP900
12/22/02 Questar 7, ST2000/CFW8, AP900
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Suk Lee
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M44
Suk Lee
Pleasanton, CA, USA
3/15/04
Nikon F3/300mm f4 @ f4, IDAS filter, Elite Chrome 200, AP900
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Suk Lee
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M38 & Flaming Star Nebula
Suk Lee
Pleasanton, CA, USA
2/1/03
Nikon F3/300mm f4 @ f4, IDAS filter, Elite Chrome 200, AP900
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Suk Lee
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M35 & IC443
Suk Lee
Pleasanton, CA, USA
3/23/03
Nikon F3/300mm f4 @ f4, IDAS filter, Elite Chrome 200, AP900
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Suk Lee
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M8, M16, M17, M18, M20, M21, M23, M24, M25
Suk Lee
Pleasanton, CA, USA
7/21/03
Nikon 50mm f1.4 @ f2.8, Mandel Adapter, ST2000/CFW8, AP900
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Charles
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M33
Oct 22 & 23 2003
Charles Hover
Enterprise, Al
TOA-130, Sbig 10XME
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Tom L
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Charles, a picture from the future of the past!  
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Tele Vue 102mm f/8.6 on an EzTouch
Vixen 80mm f/5 A80SSWT on a grab-n-go mount
Edited by Tom L (03/31/04 11:59 PM)
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Charles
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Jpeg format just does not do any justice for it. Looks a lot better in its original format.
Thanks
Charles
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Ralph McIntosh
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Mhh, I don't think that's what Tom meant
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Suk Lee
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M13
Suk Lee
Pleasanton, CA, USA
3/31/04
Mewlon 250, 0.75x reducer, ST2000/AO7/CFW8, AP900
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MarkK
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M 51
Mark Keitel
Tampa Florida
3/26/04
Tak FRC300 SBIG10xe HaLRGB
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MarkK
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M 66
Mark Keitel
Tampa Florida
1/28/04
Tak FRC 300 SBIG 10xe LRGB
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miniventures
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You guys, these photos are amazing, my jaw is on the floor 
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Tom L
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Yep, this is going to be quite a gallery when we have all of them!
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Tele Vue 102mm f/8.6 on an EzTouch
Vixen 80mm f/5 A80SSWT on a grab-n-go mount
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Ralph McIntosh
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M45
Ralph McIntosh
Hanau, Germany
16.2.2004
GSO 200/800mm Newton
H-EQ5
Canon 10D
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Charles
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Beautiful image Ralph. M45 and Venus are almost on top of each other right now tonight!
Charles
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Tom L
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I sure hope one of you experts capture that for us!
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Tele Vue 102mm f/8.6 on an EzTouch
Vixen 80mm f/5 A80SSWT on a grab-n-go mount
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Charles
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My CCD is too sensitive to get M45. Someone with a digital camera needs to capture it!
Charles
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Ralph McIntosh
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Sorry, I got it yesterday but I dumped it 
For my taste to much skyglow. Tonight it's cloddy again.
Ralph
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Anonymous
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Here is a pic I got on 4-3-04 around 9pm CST here in Iowa of Venus near M45. It is a 20 sec exposure at ISO 400 with a Canon 300D and a 300mm EOS lens.
matt
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Anonymous
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Hmmmmmm, it doesnt show nearly as well on the forum as it does on my screen. Guess that is to be expected. There are dozens more visible stars there, really!
matt
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Ralph McIntosh
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M81 + M82
Ralph McIntosh
Hanau, Germany
11.4.2004
GSO 200/800mm Newton
Losmandy GM-8
Canon 10D
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Anonymous
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Hello,
A first try on M13 with a peltier cooled ToUcam pro.
The webcam was set on my 3" Vixen ED telescope.
3 poses of 30 seconds stacked.
Sebastien Collignon 
Brussels Belgium
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Anonymous
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Very nice M13!
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Ralph McIntosh
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M66
Ralph McIntosh
Hanau, Germany
14.4.2004
GSO 200/800mm Newton
Losmandy GM-8
Canon 10D
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Ralph McIntosh
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M65
Ralph McIntosh
Hanau, Germany
14.4.2004
GSO 200/800mm Newton
Losmandy GM-8
Canon 10D
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Charles
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M10
Charles Hover
Enterprise, Al
TOA-130, Sbig 10xme
EM-200 Temma II
Image Info: (1x1 bin) RGB 5 times(180sec:180sec:240sec)
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Charles
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M20 Trifid Nebula
Charles Hover
April 2004
Enterprise, Al
TOA-130, Sbig 10xme LRGB with L being composed of a gray scale of the RGB.
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Charles
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M16 Eagle Nebula
Charles Hover
April 2004
Enterprise, Al
TOA-130, Sbig 10xme HaR-RGB
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Emanuele
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Jaw on the floor Charles.
great great pictures!
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melvy
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m63
Marc Evly
Seattle WA USA
4/27/04 06:21 UT
LX200 SBIG st2000xm
CCDsoft
Only my second photo, but I am learning.
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WO 66 SD APO
TMB SS 130 APO
C8 XLT SCT
Losmandy GM-8 w/Gemini
Losmandy G-11 w/Gemini
Discmount DM6
SBIG ST-2000XM/AO7
Marc Elvy
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Here is a picture of M42 taken on New years eve ..I wanted to start the new year off by looking at the stars so I took a picture Taken with a Celestron 9.25 with a reducer/corrector f/6.3 and a Casio QV-4000 Digital camera 5 exposers 3 of 30sec 2 of 15sec 1 of 60sec combined and stack with RegiStack From Joe Torrington CT
Edited by Joe Antoniak (05/05/04 12:19 PM)
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Wow! Thanks all, for terrific images. I am green with envy. 
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DSH-8 (GSO Dob)
15x70 Oberwerks
SVP/ED80
WO 66 Petzval
Sears Discoverer EQ 60/900
8x42 Regals
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The Double Cluster
Steve Jones
January 04
Merseyside UK.
Skywatcher 80mm f5 piggy backed on an Lx90.
300D iso 1600
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Paul Lennous
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How about something on 35mm film?
M31, M32, and M110
Paul Lennous
Orion 80mm ED
120 min exposure on E200 film.
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Celestron Super C8 Plus
ETX-125
4.25" f/10 Edmund Red Tube Newtonian
Orion 80mm ED
Edited by Paul Lennous (07/20/04 04:32 PM)
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Paul Lennous
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M27, the Dumbbell Nebula
Paul Lennous
Orion 80mm ED
60 min exposure on E200 Film
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Celestron Super C8 Plus
ETX-125
4.25" f/10 Edmund Red Tube Newtonian
Orion 80mm ED
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Undermidnight
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M11
Jason Hissong
Celestron Ultima 2000 in Alt Az
Nikon D70 at ISO800
12x30seconds
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WO Zenithstar 66 on Microstar Mount
PST
8" F/4.2 Ball Scope, "Marilyn"
12.5" F/4.3 Ultralight, "Ada II"
11x70 Oberwerks
6" F/6 Polishing
Pans, Orthos, and Naglers
"We who cut mere stones, must always be envisioning cathedrals." - The Quarry Workers Creed
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All info on the photo.
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Anonymous
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Nice pic for sure, That 80ED sure does a good job at taking pics.
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Charles
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M33, LRGB
TOA-130 Sbig 10xme
Enterprise, Al
Charles Hover
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Blueshark928
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M57
Nikon D70
Orion 120mm f/8.3 achromat
IDAS LPS filter
5x5min ISO800
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SV-102APO
SV-80/9d
Losmandy G11
HX-916
Edited by Blueshark928 (09/05/04 09:38 PM)
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Blueshark928
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M39
Nikon D70
Orion 120mm f/8.3 achromat
IDAS LPS filter
5x5min ISO400
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SV-102APO
SV-80/9d
Losmandy G11
HX-916
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Ralph McIntosh
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M33
Ralph McIntosh
Hanau, Germany
8.9.2004
GSO 200/800mm Newton
Losmandy GM-8
Canon 10D 1 single 8 Min ISO800
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Ralph McIntosh
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M52 (+Bubble nebulae)
Ralph McIntosh
Hanau, Germany
8.9.2004
GSO 200/800mm Newton
Losmandy GM-8
Canon 10D 3x 11 Min ISO800
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Very nice indeed! Thanks for sharing it.
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Blueshark928
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M29 in Cygnus
Camera: Nikon D70 @ ISO1600
Scope: Stellarvue 80/9d
Exposure: 7x60sec
Mount - Losmandy G-11
Guiding - none
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SV-102APO
SV-80/9d
Losmandy G11
HX-916
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Greg K.
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Can I play? I'm not quite at the level of the pros here yet, but I'm getting a bit better.
M57
9/14/2004
Orion 8” Skyview Pro F/4.9
QuickCam 4000 Pro SC1
15x20 sec. exposures
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NexStar 11 GPS
Orion SkyView Pro 8EQ (w/ Autostar mod)
15x70 Celestron SkyMasters
Orion 90mm Mak
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Greg K.
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Loc: Clifton Park, NY
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M27
9/14/2004
Orion 8” Skyview Pro F/4.9
QuickCam 4000 Pro SC1
40x30 sec. exposures
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NexStar 11 GPS
Orion SkyView Pro 8EQ (w/ Autostar mod)
15x70 Celestron SkyMasters
Orion 90mm Mak
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Tim13
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What great pics these are! While I have no interest in ever getting into astrophotography, I can sure appreciate the effort put into creating these. My hat is off to everyone that has posted a picture in here.
The opening post mentioned that pics of what is seen visually were encouraged, and I agree that this would be a great idea. It would be really cool to be able to review a visual representation of what to expect, and then go out and compare it for yourself.
I hope that this project continues to completion.
Tim
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M36 in Auriga
Camera: Nikon D70 @ ISO800
Scope: Stellarvue SV-102 APO @ f/7.8
Exposure: 10x120sec
Mount - Losmandy G-11
Guiding - ST-4 & SV-80/9d
Hi res widefield here:
http://ardenastrophotography.com/M36_1500X1000.jpg
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SV-102APO
SV-80/9d
Losmandy G11
HX-916
Edited by Blueshark928 (11/18/04 09:43 AM)
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M37 in Auriga
Camera: Nikon D70 @ ISO800
Scope: Stellarvue SV-102 APO @ f/7.8
Exposure: 12x120sec
Mount - Losmandy G-11
Guiding - ST-4 & SV-80/9d
Hi res widefield here:
http://ardenastrophotography.com/M37_1500X1000_790k.jpg
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John
SV-102APO
SV-80/9d
Losmandy G11
HX-916
Edited by Blueshark928 (11/18/04 09:46 AM)
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Blueshark928
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M38 (w/NGC-1907) in Auriga
Camera: Nikon D70 @ ISO800
Scope: Stellarvue SV-102 APO @ f/7.8
Exposure: 12x120sec
Mount - Losmandy G-11
Guiding - ST-4 & SV-80/9d
Hi res widefield here:
http://ardenastrophotography.com/M38_1500X1000_550K.jpg
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John
SV-102APO
SV-80/9d
Losmandy G11
HX-916
Edited by Blueshark928 (11/18/04 09:49 AM)
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budguinn
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M11 Wild Duck Cluster in Scutum
Gold Beach, Oregon...USA
Bud Guinn
Telescope: Televue NP101
Camera: SXV-H9C
11pics@1min..acquired and processed in AA3.0 and PS7
May '04
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budguinn
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M97..
Bud Guinn
Gold Beach, Oregon
Nov '04
Beautiful Planetary Nebula in Ursa Major
Telescope: Televue NP101
Camera: SXV-H9C
20Pics@5min
Had considerable red light pollution..left/lower half of picture.
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bud guinn
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budguinn
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M46
Beautiful open cluster in Pupis
Bud Guinn
Gold Beach, Oregon
Nov. '04
Telescope: Televue NP101
Camera: SXV-H9C
7Pics@2min AstroArt and PS7
The little planetary is NGC 2438
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Nice shots, Bud! 
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Tom (Pegster)
DSH-8 (GSO Dob)
15x70 Oberwerks
SVP/ED80
WO 66 Petzval
Sears Discoverer EQ 60/900
8x42 Regals
History is Philosophy teaching by examples.
Thucydides
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DenisY
Carpal Tunnel
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These are just wonderful pictures! 
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I wonder how would the world be different if
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Nodda Duma
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M8
M18
M20
M21
M24
M25
Jason Lane
Ridgecrest CA
9 August 2004
Olympus OM-1 and 200mm f/4 lens piggy-backed on Meade LX90 8" SCT
Konica Centuria 400 Color Negative Film (Imported)
Combination of two 30 minute exposures, manually guided.
http://www1.iwvisp.com/opticman/astroimages/sagwide.html
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budguinn
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Jason....beautiful image. The individual areas are very distinct, and the wide view of them puts everything into a very nice perspective.
Wonderfully done,
bud
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budguinn
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M96 Galaxy in Leo
Usually seen with its two companions...M95 and 105.
There was a lot of LP when I took this and very moist air. I took 70 some shots and had to throw away about 40....but this still left me with 30pics@4min each.
I also left a little of the LP in, I didn't want to lose all of the little deep galaxies in the pic.
This was shot with the C8"SCT at F6.3.
SXV-H9C.
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Dave Mitsky
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M6, M7, M8, M20, M21, M22, M23, M24, M24, M18, M17, M16 and one or two more if you look really hard and use a little imagination.
Pentax K1000
Pentax 50mm lens
Kodak 800 Gold Max film
15 minute piggybacked exposure
Cherry Springs State Park, Potter County, Pennsylvania
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Dave Mitsky
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A very modest prime focus shot of M42 and M43...
80mm f/5 Orion ShortTube 80
Pentax K1000
Kodak 400 Gold Max film
2 minute piggybacked exposure
Spruce Knob, West Virginia
Dave Mitsky
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Paul Lennous
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M27, the Dumbbell Nebula
Paul Lennous
C8 with f/6.3 Focal Reducer
60 min hand guided exposure on E200 Film
July 11, 2004
1:00 AM
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Paul
Celestron Super C8 Plus
ETX-125
4.25" f/10 Edmund Red Tube Newtonian
Orion 80mm ED
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budguinn
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Paul, really great detail...and it looks like you guiding was right on...I have never tried hand guiding....I'm lazy and use a separate camera, but your guiding was perfect.
bud
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Paul Lennous
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Thanks Bud. Guiding was quite a chore. RA was done with a home made drive corrector. Dec adjstments were made by turning the slow motion knob on the fork arm! I had to keep reminding myself which way to turn the knob in order to correct the drift.
I'm very happy with how it turned out since it was my first attempt at long exposure.
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Paul
Celestron Super C8 Plus
ETX-125
4.25" f/10 Edmund Red Tube Newtonian
Orion 80mm ED
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Undermidnight
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Name: Jason Hissong
M83 in Hydra
Taken on 02/05/2005 at Hocking Hills State Park, Logan, Ohio
Scope: Celestron Ultima 2000, Meade 3.3 reducer, Hutech IDAS LPR Filter
Camera: SBIG ST7E cooled to -20 C.
Exposure: 11x300s, 1x1 binning, autoguided with the ST7E
Processing Details:
Images aquired with CCDSoft V5
Dark and Flat calibrated each frame, adaptive add combined, soft DDP processing in Images Plus.
Debloomed, selective smoothed and unsharp masked in Photoshop 5.0.
Exported to JPG with IrfanView.
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WO Megrez 90 on EZTouch Mount
WO Zenithstar 66 on Microstar Mount
PST
8" F/4.2 Ball Scope, "Marilyn"
12.5" F/4.3 Ultralight, "Ada II"
11x70 Oberwerks
6" F/6 Polishing
Pans, Orthos, and Naglers
"We who cut mere stones, must always be envisioning cathedrals." - The Quarry Workers Creed
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budguinn
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Jason, beautiful shot.....I love the U2K...I mounted mine on a newer CGE mount, but I sure do miss the ability to push the mount around and it always remembers where it is. And I think the optics on these were some of the best they made for C8's.
Great detail in the image.
bud
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Undermidnight
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Bud,
Thanks! I got lucky that night
Yea, the U2K is a great scope. I cannot believe I can get the results I am with the drive. I have yet to try taking shots of objects with the 6.3 reducer. I may try soon. If I go more than two seconds on guiding, I get bad stars.
I will be getting an ED80 soon to keep her company.
Jason
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WO Megrez 90 on EZTouch Mount
WO Zenithstar 66 on Microstar Mount
PST
8" F/4.2 Ball Scope, "Marilyn"
12.5" F/4.3 Ultralight, "Ada II"
11x70 Oberwerks
6" F/6 Polishing
Pans, Orthos, and Naglers
"We who cut mere stones, must always be envisioning cathedrals." - The Quarry Workers Creed
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Paul Lennous
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M31, M32, and M110
Paul Lennous
Orion 80mm ED
120 min exposure on E200 film
(Reprocessed version of the earlier shot)
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Paul
Celestron Super C8 Plus
ETX-125
4.25" f/10 Edmund Red Tube Newtonian
Orion 80mm ED
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budguinn
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Paul, that is a great reprocess....the colors are so much better and the red glow (light pollution?) is gone allowing for a much more pleasing image. Congrats..
bud
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budguinn
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One of my favorite clusters.
Location: Gold Beach, Oregon
Date: Nov 2004
Telescope: Televue NP101
Camera: SXV-H9C
12Pics@2min Acquired and processed in AA3.0 and PS7
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bud guinn
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ClownFish
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M-17 Deep Exposure.
Meade LXD75 8" f/4 SN
Hand guided 80mm f/12 refractor
45 minutes on Fujicrome 400 Provira
No computer/dark room editing
No filters, uncropped
This shot of M-17 is unusual in that I exposed way longer than most, to grab the most faint details in this Ha Nebula. The Swan or Omega symbol is almost totaly gone, but the 3D effect of the whole nebula is fantastic!
CF
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square_peg
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Nice work, Peter! 
So this was imaged with the Schmidt-Newt and guided with the refractor? Other way 'round?
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DSH-8 (GSO Dob)
15x70 Oberwerks
SVP/ED80
WO 66 Petzval
Sears Discoverer EQ 60/900
8x42 Regals
History is Philosophy teaching by examples.
Thucydides
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ClownFish
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Thanks!
This shot was imaged with the SN, and hand guided with an Orion 80mm guidescope. The uncropped image shows the wide field of view of the Meade LXD75 8" f/4 SN and the flatness of the field. Also I have done zero post processing on this slide. The colors you see are what this film offers naturaly.
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ClownFish
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Here's M51- ultra wide field.
Meade LXD75 8" f/4 SN
Hand guided 960mm f/12 refractor
Olympus OM-1, and Stiletto Focuser
20 minutes on Fujicrome 400 Provira
No filters.
Uncropped
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LookatRigel
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No image/bad link. If you'd like to post an image, please upload it to our server.
Post edited by Pegster
Edited by square_peg 114GT (08/22/05 08:04 AM)
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LookatRigel
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Sorry, there has been a mistake before.
The image I'd like to show you is this wide field shot of M31.
I hope you like it.
Tomas Mazon
http://perso.wanadoo.es/tomasmazon/Index.html
Sigma Apo DG Macro 70-300@200
Canon EOS 300D unmodified
Exposure 12x300 sec, ISO 800
Processed with Photoshop CS, Registax 2, PixInsight LE.
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ASA astrograph N10 f:3.8; WO Megrez 80 Superapo, SW 200/1000
Losmandy G11 Gemini
Canon EOS 350D mod
http://astrosurf.com/astrocaza/Index.html
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Tonk
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M31, M32 and M110
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Televue 85, GM-8/Gemini, Canon 40D (unmodded), Canon 450D (modded w/Astronomiks clip-ins - UV/IR, OWB)
Coronado SM60/BF10, Baader Herschel Wedge
Leeds Sky Clock Ripon Sky Clock
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Tonk
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M81 and M82
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Televue 85, GM-8/Gemini, Canon 40D (unmodded), Canon 450D (modded w/Astronomiks clip-ins - UV/IR, OWB)
Coronado SM60/BF10, Baader Herschel Wedge
Leeds Sky Clock Ripon Sky Clock
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square_peg
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Wow, Tonk! Nice shots!
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Tom (Pegster)
DSH-8 (GSO Dob)
15x70 Oberwerks
SVP/ED80
WO 66 Petzval
Sears Discoverer EQ 60/900
8x42 Regals
History is Philosophy teaching by examples.
Thucydides
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Mobius1
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I know my pics will not be nearly as good as those displayed here, but I did do a lot of Messier hunting. I promise better results when I get my RebelXT. Right now it's just a modest digicam. Here's the Ring Nebula.
M57
LX-90 8" SCT
Canon Powershot A80 digicam
15sec. exposure at 400ISO
Edited using GIMP 2.2
Taken on 6/15/05
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Martin
William Optics 66SD
Orion 100ED
Orion 120-ST EQ
PST-Ha
Celestron CGE 1100
Canon Rebel XSI with Astronomik filters
DSI-IIC
Homemade spectroscope in progress...
Yerkes Observatory Volunteer
(24" Cass on weekends)
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Mobius1
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OK, that one wasn't so great, especially at that size. Maybe this will redeem myself... Here is the Great Orion Nebula. This was taken quite a while ago, but I am still very proud of it, especially the effect I got while editing. By the way, the previous pic was taken with a Digi-T adapter to my EP. This one had the camera on a separate tripod aimed right down the EP's barrel. Tough setup.
M42
LX90 8" SCT
Canon A-80 Powershot digicam
15seconds at (only) 50ISO
Edited using GIMP 2.2
Taken on 3/16/05
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Martin
William Optics 66SD
Orion 100ED
Orion 120-ST EQ
PST-Ha
Celestron CGE 1100
Canon Rebel XSI with Astronomik filters
DSI-IIC
Homemade spectroscope in progress...
Yerkes Observatory Volunteer
(24" Cass on weekends)
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Mobius1
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And a digicam shot of the Lagoon Nebula.
M8
LX90 8" SCT
Canon Powershot A80 afocally mounted
15Sec at 400ISO
Edited using GIMP 2.2
Taken on 6/17/05
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Martin
William Optics 66SD
Orion 100ED
Orion 120-ST EQ
PST-Ha
Celestron CGE 1100
Canon Rebel XSI with Astronomik filters
DSI-IIC
Homemade spectroscope in progress...
Yerkes Observatory Volunteer
(24" Cass on weekends)
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M33
Meade LX90 8"SCT w/UHTC
Canon Rebel 68min (34@2min) iso 1600
Processed PS7
Ryan Tiedeman
Bonney Lake, WA
August 27th, 2005 2AM PDT
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ClownFish
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M45 - Pleiades Cluster
Single 40 minute hand guided on Fujichrome 400F Provia
Meade LXD75 8" f/4 Schmidt Newtonian
Guided with an Orion 910mm F/L photo guidescope
Photographed with an Olympus OM-1
CF
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ClownFish
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M42/M43 Orion Nebula
Hand guided 40 minute exposure on Fuji 400F Provia
Meade LXD75 8" f/4 Schmidt Newtonian
Guided with an Orion 910mm photo guidescope
Photographed with an Olympus OM-1
CF
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haleymon
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Okay
Please excuse my language
But...
HOLY "BLEEP" guys and gals
Amazing!!!! Totally Amazing!!!!
Thank you all very much for sharing with us.
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Clear Skies to all
Dave
Celestron CPC 800 XLT
2" Astro Tech Dielectric Diag.
Orion Shorty Plus Barlow
Telrad
Canon 40D DSLR (On Its Way)
NexImage w/LE Mod
Starry Night Pro 5.0
5mw GLP
-------Haley's Haven Observatory-------
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ClownFish
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M31, M32, and M110 in Andromeda.
40 minute hand guided exposure on Fujichrome 400F Provia.
Meade LXD75 8" f/4 Schmidt Newtonian
CF
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ClownFish
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M33 Pinwheel Galaxy in Triangulum
35 minute hand guided exposure on Fujichrome 400F Provia
Meade LXD75, 8" f/4 Schmidt Newtonian
CF
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Tonk
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M39 (62 x 2 mins @ ISO 800 Canon 10D/TV85)
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Televue 85, GM-8/Gemini, Canon 40D (unmodded), Canon 450D (modded w/Astronomiks clip-ins - UV/IR, OWB)
Coronado SM60/BF10, Baader Herschel Wedge
Leeds Sky Clock Ripon Sky Clock
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ClownFish
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Beautiful Tonk, a gorgeous Open Cluster, and a great photo!
Thanks for sharing.
CF
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lineman_16735
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M-31,32,110. 25 minutes 10" LXD 75 UHTC, OM-1 camera E-200 film.
Nice image Lineman, but please keep image size to not more than 600x800 and file size down to 100K.
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Chris
A mount from Illinois
A scope from Japan
A camera from Cal-I-Fornia
A dog from Kentucky
A wife and kids from the "Twilight Zone"
The Geek Shed
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Tonk
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M31, M32, M110. 108 x 5 mins at ISO 800, Televue 85, Canon 10D. 9 hours total exposure. This gets 1 mag deeper than the 1 hour exposure I posted earlier in this thread
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Televue 85, GM-8/Gemini, Canon 40D (unmodded), Canon 450D (modded w/Astronomiks clip-ins - UV/IR, OWB)
Coronado SM60/BF10, Baader Herschel Wedge
Leeds Sky Clock Ripon Sky Clock
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Tonk
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M44 (plus comet C/2001 Q4). 67 x 3 mins at ISO 800. TV85/Canon 10D. 15th May 2004
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Televue 85, GM-8/Gemini, Canon 40D (unmodded), Canon 450D (modded w/Astronomiks clip-ins - UV/IR, OWB)
Coronado SM60/BF10, Baader Herschel Wedge
Leeds Sky Clock Ripon Sky Clock
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Tonk
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M35. 69 x 3 mins at ISO 800, Televue 85/Canon 10D
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Televue 85, GM-8/Gemini, Canon 40D (unmodded), Canon 450D (modded w/Astronomiks clip-ins - UV/IR, OWB)
Coronado SM60/BF10, Baader Herschel Wedge
Leeds Sky Clock Ripon Sky Clock
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Tonk
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M27, 90 x 2 mins at ISO 800, Televue 85/Canon 10D
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Televue 85, GM-8/Gemini, Canon 40D (unmodded), Canon 450D (modded w/Astronomiks clip-ins - UV/IR, OWB)
Coronado SM60/BF10, Baader Herschel Wedge
Leeds Sky Clock Ripon Sky Clock
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Dean
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M78 - didn't see one in the list so, what the heck.
475 minutes 220:85:85:85 All binned 1x1
APM-TMB 152/1200LW on an AP1200
ST-10MXE with Astrodon LRGB filters
Taken from Conifer, Colorado over 4 nights from 1/1/2006 - 1/5/200. Poor seeing and high winds.
Processing - hack, hack, hack to get something out of the poor exposures.
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deanrowe.net/astro
Whats with that avatar?
Edited by Dean (01/17/06 11:53 PM)
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Mizar
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M101
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Tonk
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M39 widefield and deep
14 x 5 mins ISO 800, TV85, 0.8FR, Canon 10D
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Televue 85, GM-8/Gemini, Canon 40D (unmodded), Canon 450D (modded w/Astronomiks clip-ins - UV/IR, OWB)
Coronado SM60/BF10, Baader Herschel Wedge
Leeds Sky Clock Ripon Sky Clock
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Mobius1
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Allright, now that I have gotten better at this- I can make a few more submissions:
M104- Sombrero Galaxy widefield
By Martin Mika
Gurnee, IL
Taken on 4/12/2006
Using Canon Rebel XT at prime focus of Orion 120-ST.
Composite of 4x30sec at ISO1600
Stacked and processed with Photoshop CS- courtesy of Mark Gorski.
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Martin
William Optics 66SD
Orion 100ED
Orion 120-ST EQ
PST-Ha
Celestron CGE 1100
Canon Rebel XSI with Astronomik filters
DSI-IIC
Homemade spectroscope in progress...
Yerkes Observatory Volunteer
(24" Cass on weekends)
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Mobius1
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And here is what I get to do on weekends if the weather is nice  pardon the image quality- it was a huge RAW file and I had to compress it a great deal.
The Whirlpool Galaxy closeup
By Martin Mika
Gurnee, IL (photo taken at Williams Bay, WI)
Taken on 3/17/2006
Using Canon Rebel XT; EP projection, 42mm Orion Deep view and Max View DSLR II.
Telescope is the Yerkes' 24" Cassegrain at f/13.2
Unguided 1000 second exposure at ISO1600.
Resized and compressed using GIMP v2.2
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Martin
William Optics 66SD
Orion 100ED
Orion 120-ST EQ
PST-Ha
Celestron CGE 1100
Canon Rebel XSI with Astronomik filters
DSI-IIC
Homemade spectroscope in progress...
Yerkes Observatory Volunteer
(24" Cass on weekends)
Edited by Mobius1 (08/08/06 05:14 PM)
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Paul Milligan
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M64 - Blackeye Galaxy
By : Paul Milligan
Location : Baldrine, Isle of Man, Great Britain
Date : 04/05/2007 at 23:10pm
Camera : GSTAR-EX CCD image captured on PMP3520 Media Player
Telescope : William Optics FLT110 mounted on EQ6 Skyscan Pro
740 Frames at 128X senseup
Stacked & aligned using Registax processed using Photoshop
Clear skies..
PM
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Tak Epsilon 160 / 16 Inch Custom Truss Dob
WO FLT-110 [TEC] APO / WO Megrez 80FD APO
EQ6 Pro / Canon Rebel XTi / QHY5 / GSTAR-EX
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Paul Milligan
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M82 - Cigar Galaxy
By : Paul Milligan
Location : Baldrine, Isle of Man, Great Britain
Date : 25/03/2007 at 21:20pm
Camera : GSTAR-EX CCD image captured on PMP3520 Media Player
Telescope : William Optics FLT110 mounted on EQ6 Skyscan Pro
1,246 Frames at 128X senseup
Stacked & aligned using Registax processed using Photoshop
Clear skies..
PM
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Tak Epsilon 160 / 16 Inch Custom Truss Dob
WO FLT-110 [TEC] APO / WO Megrez 80FD APO
EQ6 Pro / Canon Rebel XTi / QHY5 / GSTAR-EX
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M40 - Winnecke 4 (Double Star)
By : Paul Milligan
Location : Baldrine, Isle of Man, Great Britain
Date : 08/04/2007 at 02:10am
Camera : GSTAR-EX CCD image captured on PMP3520 Media Player
Telescope : William Optics FLT110 mounted on EQ6 Skyscan Pro
99 Frames at 96X senseup
Stacked & aligned using Registax processed using Photoshop
Clear skies..
PM
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Tak Epsilon 160 / 16 Inch Custom Truss Dob
WO FLT-110 [TEC] APO / WO Megrez 80FD APO
EQ6 Pro / Canon Rebel XTi / QHY5 / GSTAR-EX
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Paul Milligan
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M37 (Open Cluster)
By : Paul Milligan
Location : Baldrine, Isle of Man, Great Britain
Date : 14/04/2007 at 23:10pm
Camera : GSTAR-EX CCD image captured on PMP3520 Media Player
Telescope : William Optics FLT110 mounted on EQ6 Skyscan Pro
413 Frames at 128X senseup
Stacked & aligned using Registax processed using Photoshop
Clear skies..
PM
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Tak Epsilon 160 / 16 Inch Custom Truss Dob
WO FLT-110 [TEC] APO / WO Megrez 80FD APO
EQ6 Pro / Canon Rebel XTi / QHY5 / GSTAR-EX
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http://www.eyetotheuniverse.com
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Paul Milligan
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 03/03/06
Posts: 1225
Loc: 54°12.0' N; 4°25' W
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M53 (Globular Cluster)- Widefield
By : Paul Milligan
Location : Baldrine, Isle of Man, Great Britain
Date : 04/05/2007 at 23:45pm
Camera : GSTAR-EX CCD image captured on PMP3520 Media Player
Telescope : William Optics FLT110 mounted on EQ6 Skyscan Pro
210 Frames at 128X senseup
Stacked & aligned using Registax processed using Photoshop
Clear skies..
PM
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Tak Epsilon 160 / 16 Inch Custom Truss Dob
WO FLT-110 [TEC] APO / WO Megrez 80FD APO
EQ6 Pro / Canon Rebel XTi / QHY5 / GSTAR-EX
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http://www.eyetotheuniverse.com
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Paul Milligan
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 03/03/06
Posts: 1225
Loc: 54°12.0' N; 4°25' W
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M102 - Spindle Galaxy (Widefield)
By : Paul Milligan
Location : Baldrine, Isle of Man, Great Britain
Date : 15/04/2007 at 01:30am
Camera : GSTAR-EX CCD image captured on PMP3520 Media Player
Telescope : William Optics FLT110 mounted on EQ6 Skyscan Pro
129 Frames at 128X senseup
Stacked & aligned using Registax processed using Photoshop
Clear skies..
PM
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Tak Epsilon 160 / 16 Inch Custom Truss Dob
WO FLT-110 [TEC] APO / WO Megrez 80FD APO
EQ6 Pro / Canon Rebel XTi / QHY5 / GSTAR-EX
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http://www.eyetotheuniverse.com
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Paul Milligan
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 03/03/06
Posts: 1225
Loc: 54°12.0' N; 4°25' W
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M44 - Beehive Cluster
By : Paul Milligan
Location : Baldrine, Isle of Man, Great Britain
Date : 14/04/2007 at 23:50pm
Camera : GSTAR-EX CCD image captured on PMP3520 Media Player
Telescope : William Optics FLT110 mounted on EQ6 Skyscan Pro
64 Frames at 128X senseup
Stacked & aligned using Registax processed using Photoshop
Clear skies..
PM
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Tak Epsilon 160 / 16 Inch Custom Truss Dob
WO FLT-110 [TEC] APO / WO Megrez 80FD APO
EQ6 Pro / Canon Rebel XTi / QHY5 / GSTAR-EX
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http://www.eyetotheuniverse.com
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Paul Milligan
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 03/03/06
Posts: 1225
Loc: 54°12.0' N; 4°25' W
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M81 - Bodes Galaxy (Widefield)
By : Paul Milligan
Location : Baldrine, Isle of Man, Great Britain
Date : 25/03/2007 at 21:55pm
Camera : GSTAR-EX CCD image captured on PMP3520 Media Player
Telescope : William Optics FLT110 mounted on EQ6 Skyscan Pro
320 Frames at 96X senseup
Stacked & aligned using Registax processed using Photoshop
Clear skies..
PM
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Tak Epsilon 160 / 16 Inch Custom Truss Dob
WO FLT-110 [TEC] APO / WO Megrez 80FD APO
EQ6 Pro / Canon Rebel XTi / QHY5 / GSTAR-EX
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http://www.eyetotheuniverse.com
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dietmar
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 01/21/05
Posts: 2079
Loc: linz, austria europe
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hi Tina,
so I`ll add the Messier objects that I have imaged so far:
M1:
data:
Date: Dec 2006 - seeing 6-7/10; transp. 6-8/10
Scope: 9" TMB Apo f/7 using TeleVue 0,8 reducer
CCD: SXV H9C - 3 hours - 4,6,8,10 min. frames
Software: AstroArt4 image acqu. guiding and preprocessing
Processing: postprocess. PS CS2 and Pix InSight LE
M13
data:
Date: 20.5.2007 - seeing 6/10; transp. 7/10
Scope: 9" TMB Apo f/7 (0,8 TeleVue reducer)
CCD: SXV M25C 2,8 hours
Software: AstroArt4 image acqu. guiding, preprocessing
Processing: postprocess. PS CS2 and Pix InSight LE
M27
data:
Date: 13.9.2006 - seeing 5/10; transp. 6-7/10
Scope: 9" TMB Apo f/7 using TeleVue 0,8 reducer
CCD: SXV H9C - 90 minutes (1-15 min frames)
Software: SX original software for image acqu. guiding and preprocessing
Processing: postprocess. PS CS2 and Pix InSight LE
M45:
data:
Date: 12.2006 - seeing 4-5/10; transp. 7 decreasing while exposure to 2/10
Scope: 5 " TMB Apo f/7 (using TeleVue 0,8 reducer)
CCD: SXV M25C - 75 minutes
Software: AstroArt4 image acqu. guiding and preprocessin
Processing: postprocess. PS CS2 and Pix InSight LE
M33:
data:
Date: Nov. 2006 - seeing 5-(6)/10; transp. 7 falling down to 2/10
Scope: 5 " TMB Apo f/7 (using TeleVue 0,8 reducer)
CCD: SXV M25C - 75 minutes
Software: AstroArt4 image acqu. guiding and preprocessing
Processing: postprocess in PS CS2 and Pix InSight LE
M63:
data:
Date: 9.+10.4.2007 - seeing 7/10; transp. 7/10
Scope: 9" TMB Apo f/9
CCD: SXV H16 - 2,7 hours - luminance; 6 hours R,G,B (2 hours each channel)
Software: AstroArt4 image acqu. guiding. Maxim DL preprocessing
Processing: postprocess. PS CS2 and Pix InSight LE
M64:
data:
Date: 13.3.2007 - seeing 6-(7)/10; transp. 6-7/10
Scope: 9" TMB Apo f/7 using TeleVue 0,8 reducer
CCD: SXV M25C - 3 hours - 2,4,6,8 min. frames
Software: AstroArt4 image acqu. guiding and preprocessing
Processing: postprocess. PS CS2 and Pix InSight LE
M82:
data:
Date: 16.1.07 - seeing 6-7/10; transparency 6-8/10 (falling)
Scope: 9" TMB Apo f/7 using TeleVue 0,8 reducer
CCD: SXV M25C - 2,3 hours - 4,8,12,20 minutes frames
Software: AstroArt4 image acqu. guiding and preprocessing
Processing: postprocessing in PS CS2 and Pix InSight LE
M97:
data:
Date: Feb.2007 - seeing 6-7/10; transp. 7-8/10
Scope: 9" TMB Apo f/7 using TeleVue 0,8 reducer
CCD: SXV M25C - 3 hours - 4,8,12,20 min. frames
Software: AstroArt4 image acqu. guiding and preprocessing
Processing: postprocess. PS CS2 and Pix InSight LE
M101:
data:
Date: 16.2.2006 - seeing 1-2/10; transp. 8-9/10
Scope: 4 " TMB Apo f/6,2
CCD: SXV M25C - 2 hours (4,8 min frames)
Software: AstroArt4 image acqu. guiding and preprocessing
Processing: postprocess in PS CS2 and Pix InSight LE
M106:
data:
Date: 17.&18.2.2007 - seeing 5-7/10; transp. 6-8/10
Scope: 9" TMB Apo f/7 using TeleVue 0,8 reducer
CCD: SXV M25C - 3,5 hours - 4,8,12 min. frames
Software: AstroArt4 image acqu. guiding and preprocessing
Processing: postprocess. PS CS2 and Pix InSight LE
M108:
data:
Date: 11.3.2007 - seeing 5-6/10; transp. 7-8/10
Scope: 9" TMB Apo f/7 using TeleVue 0,8 reducer
CCD: SXV M25C - 2,5 hours - 4,6,10 min. frames
Software: AstroArt4 image acqu. guiding and preprocessing
Processing: postprocess. PS CS2 and Pix InSight LE
location of all images and further images
35 km north of Linz at
Stargazer Private Observatory
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clear skies,
Dietmar
www.stargazer-observatory.com
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Dave Mason
sage
Reged: 04/02/07
Posts: 200
Loc: Scottish Borders, UK
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Dietmar,
I am slavering all over my keyboard as I look at those images!
Truly wonderful. Thanks for posting!
Dave
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DoctorNoodle
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 07/14/07
Posts: 905
Loc: Lawn Guyland, NY
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I tried some piggyback astrophotography years ago just to see if I liked it. I've since decided that I don't but here's a shot of M31 taken with a Pentax K1000 with a 28mm lens at f/1.5 with ISO200 film and a 5 minute exposure, taken from the top of Cadillac Mountain, Maine. The camera, by the way, was mounted on my old, old 60mm refractor on an EQ-1 mount. Not much but better than I expected.
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Orion Astroview 120ST and a bunch o' goodies to go with it
Alanoodle's Model Portfolio
Edited by DoctorNoodle (09/23/07 05:36 PM)
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alexvh
member
Reged: 07/29/07
Posts: 145
Loc: South Africa
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Dietmar
Those are without a doubt the most beautiful pics ive ever seen. Does an APO have an edge over SCTs in photography?
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mark47
professor emeritus
Reged: 02/21/07
Posts: 620
Loc: Scotland
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Quote:
Dietmar,
I am slavering all over my keyboard as I look at those images!
Truly wonderful. Thanks for posting!
Dave
I'll second that!
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Celestron C6-NGT.
Equinox 80mmED on a Porta Mount.
William optics 2" Dielectric Diagonal.
Baader Hyperion 24,13 & 8mm EPs
Celestron 1.25" EP Kit.
Antares 25,15,10mm Plossl.
Orion 12.5mm Illuminated Reticule Plossl.
Baader Neodymium, OIII, UHC-S Filters.
Antares ALP Filter.
Canon EOS 350D.
Dark Skies Everyone.
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WadeVC
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 12/02/05
Posts: 2831
Loc: Lodi, California,
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JUST AWESOME!!!!
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Orion XTi10 f/4.7
Orion XTi8 f/5.9
Meade NGC 70mm f/10
Orion UltraView 10x50 Wide-Angle Binoculars
My Sketch Gallery
My Astronomy Blog
A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top.
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CreationAstroGuy
professor emeritus
Reged: 05/18/07
Posts: 524
Loc: NW WA
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Well, I guess I will submit mine. This was just my second night imaging and it was not a lot of imaging time (I did not record the details).
Ryan Nelson
Mid Septemper around 11:30
Ferndale, WA
8" LX90 and a DSI, I used very little proccesing using HP ImageZone (the autostar proccesor isn't working).
So here it is.
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Ryan Nelson
8" LX90 GPS UHTC
DSI with a 3.3 reducer
Eyepieces; 22mm Nagler, 16mm Meade Seires 5000, 26mm Meade Seires 4000, and a 9mm Burgess/TMB planitary!
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ericjacob613
Photon Hog
Reged: 05/25/07
Posts: 3754
Loc: Santa Barbara CA
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Ok, I only saw 1 M40 posted, so here's mine. It's a lonely Messier, but worthy of note just for that.
Is there a list of all the M's posted so far? I have a bunch of them on my site, if you like I'll post as many as you guys can stand.
Here's my info:
A single frame taken by me on July 31, 2007. Exposure 2 seconds at ISO 400.
Celestron C102, 500mm, f/5. Canon XTI. Processed in Photoshop CS.
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"Is that boy on the moon again?" - Gumby's Dad.
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joshben
newbie
Reged: 08/20/07
Posts: 41
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