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soreneck
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Here's another from my dark sky excursion.
The August contest entries for the Cocoon were SO beautiful that I just had to try out this target. The dark nebula trail is just awesome.
Click here for a larger version (~570kb).
IC5146, The Cocoon Nebula
Capture date: September 2, 2008
Scope: WO FLT 110 (TMB) @ f/7
Mount: EQ6 Pro, autoguided
Camera: modified Canon 350
Exposure: 2.5 hours, 15x600sec lights @ ISO800, plus darks, flats, flat-darks
Conditions: average seeing, good transparency, lots of dew (was set up on the shores of a large lake)
Processing: stacked in DeepSkyStacker, processed in PS CS2
Feedback and suggestions always welcome!
Thanks,
Adam
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WO 110 FLT
WO 66 Triplet
Celestron C11
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LLEEGE
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Nice! 
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HendyPhoto
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Ah man!! Too bad you missed the entry deadline! VERY nice image.
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and I'm not sure about the universe." --Albert Einstein
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soreneck
professor emeritus
Reged: 04/01/06
Posts: 696
Loc: Toronto, Canada
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Thanks guys!
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WO 110 FLT
WO 66 Triplet
Celestron C11
SkyWatcher EQ-6 Pro
Stiletto focuser for Canon DSLRs for sale
One small but fearless dog (observing companion)
my astrophotos on flickr
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s58y
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Reged: 12/12/04
Posts: 4861
Loc: Eastern NY
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Very nice image. You can really see the "tail" in this shot.
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Hutech 30D, SBIG ST-402 autoguider
SV80S, SV66 guidescope
AP900, G-11, Barndoor tracker
http://www.pbase.com/s58y
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