Click here if you are having trouble logging into the forums Cloudy Nights - Official Forums of the 2009 International Year of Astronomy Privacy Policy | Please read our Terms of Service | Signup and Troubleshooting FAQ | Problems? PM a Red or a Green Gu.... uh, User   You are not logged in. [Login] Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Astrophotography and Sketching >> Beginning Imaging Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 SamvdHeijden sage Reged: 08/17/06 Posts: 380 Loc: The Netherlands M3       #1562014 - 04/23/07 03:17 PM Attachment (41 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here is an image of M3 i took yesterday. Conditions where fairly good, some thin clouds but good enough to take pictures. The image is a crop from the full frame. Hope you like it. -------------------- Sam -Skywatcher 90mm F10 refractor -Canon Eos 350D + Sigma 17-70 F2.8-4.5 & Canon EF 70-300 IS USM www.samvanderheijden.com Edited by SamvdHeijden (04/23/07 03:19 PM) Post Extras:       TheNebulai Pooh-Bah Reged: 01/26/07 Posts: 1139 Loc: New Jersey Re: M3 [Re: SamvdHeijden]       #1562029 - 04/23/07 03:21 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Cool, I'm gonna try M3 when I get my DSI -------------------- Equipment: Z10, Meade 8" LX90GPS, Galileo 120mm A bunch of EP's, Filters, and Barlows 10*50 Binocs Sony Cybershot,Philips SPC900NC,DSI Pro, DMK21AU04/ Astronomik LRGB Messier Count: 48 Post Extras:       bobalex sage Reged: 02/24/07 Posts: 431 Loc: Western Pennsylvania Re: M3 [Re: TheNebulai]       #1562137 - 04/23/07 04:25 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Very nice photograph! Thank you for sharing it with us. Bob -------------------- 10 inch Meade GPS Schmidt-Cassegrain 100 mm F-6 Orion refractor 60 mm F-15 Refractor w/Lumicon HA Filter 4.5 inch F-4 Orion Starblast reflector 80 mm short tube Orion refractor Adirondak Stellacam EX Video Camera Post Extras:       s58y Post Laureate Reged: 12/12/04 Posts: 4850 Loc: Eastern NY Re: M3 [Re: bobalex]       #1562804 - 04/23/07 09:47 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Very good M3, with lots of pinpoint stars. -------------------- Hutech 30D, SBIG ST-402 autoguider SV80S, SV66 guidescope AP900, G-11, Barndoor tracker http://www.pbase.com/s58y Post Extras:       dvb Carpal Tunnel Reged: 06/18/05 Posts: 1922 Re: M3 [Re: s58y]       #1563147 - 04/24/07 12:56 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Very impressive resolution -- amazing what the ED80 can do. -------------------- Skywatcher 10" f/4.7 Newt on Matilda Skywatcher 10" f/4.7 Collapsible Dob Meade 8" SN f/4 Celestron C8 SCT Celestron C6 SCT Skywatcher ED100 Skywatcher ED80 EQ6 Pro "Matilda" AT Voyager Skymaster 15x70 Mallincam HyperColor Plus Post Extras:       Dr Nick scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 01/27/06 Posts: 798 Loc: Glen Innes, NSW, Australia Re: M3 [Re: dvb]       #1563232 - 04/24/07 02:09 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Nice -------------------- 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/, Post Extras:       neoweb Pooh-Bah Reged: 12/10/06 Posts: 1482 Loc: UK Re: M3 [Re: Dr Nick]       #1564405 - 04/24/07 05:24 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Very well captured indeed... it looks brilliant! -------------------- Celestron StarHopper 8" f/6 Dob 38mm Burgess 2" SWA | 30mm Ultima | 20mm Omni 17mm Hyperion | 12.5mm Baader Ortho 8mm TV Plossl | 6mm TMB/BO Planetary Orion Shorty Plus barlow 15 X 70mm Skymasters Saturn-like: desktop image Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 8 registered and 7 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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