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seeker372011
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a couple more Messiers added to the collection new
      #2680519 - 10/04/08 08:53 PM
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Its been a full year since I last imaged with the ETX 70-poor weather, and other scopes- so many toys so little time -but finally got out last week and added M25 and M 23

http://s91.photobucket.com/albums/k282/n_mukkavilli/Messier%20Objects%20with%20an%20ETX%2070/

also posted M 9 which I acquired some while ago and never posted


nothing new added but here's the Caldwell list for anyone interested

http://s91.photobucket.com/albums/k282/n_mukkavilli/Caldwell%20Objects%20with%20an%20ETX%2070/


and here's a couple of other more exotic targets

http://s91.photobucket.com/albums/k282/n_mukkavilli/Other%20Deep%20Space%20Objects/

I really have to pick up my game...at the going rate of about 3 objects a year, when, oh when will I manage the entire Messier and Caldwell list ?




usually best images from 50 thirty second images with Orion Deep Space Imager I stacked in Maxim DL Essentials and processed and resized in photoshop


thanks for looking

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Re: a couple more Messiers added to the collection new [Re: seeker372011]
      #2680522 - 10/04/08 08:55 PM
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oh and the collection is probably best viewed as a slideshow-if you have thepatience !

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ETX 70,ED 80 on a CG5 Mount;Orion Star Shoot Deep Sky Imager,Canon 300D modded;20 x 80 LW Obies;PST;10 inch GSO dob

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Re: a couple more Messiers added to the collection new [Re: seeker372011]
      #2685637 - 10/07/08 03:50 PM
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Fabulous ETX-70 images as always Seeker especially like and envy the colour images

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Re: a couple more Messiers added to the collection new [Re: nytecam]
      #2686207 - 10/07/08 09:03 PM
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Seeker,
Excellent AP, enjoyed the slide show immensely! That starshoot is an impressive camera, well done.
I'm kinda stuck in working out the kinks with polar alignment with my ETX; chasing the grail with respect to longer exposure without major mods ...

Thanks for sharing,

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Re: a couple more Messiers added to the collection new [Re: cnstarz]
      #2686363 - 10/07/08 10:49 PM
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those were great!

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Re: a couple more Messiers added to the collection new [Re: john D]
      #2686685 - 10/08/08 06:37 AM
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thanks for the interest, that Orion Starshoot I teams really nicely with the ETX 70..maybe the later versions would too but I havent had a chance to try

Polar aligning helps a lot but I am still limited to 30 seconds exposures-but that seems to bring most Messiers into play

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Re: a couple more Messiers added to the collection new [Re: seeker372011]
      #2687059 - 10/08/08 11:56 AM
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seeker372011, I am a newbie and when my GOTO beeps to tell me I have slewed to a M-object, I am not really sure what I should see.....now I know!!! THANKS!

Should I expect to see (much) less with my ETX-125PE?

Bill

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Re: a couple more Messiers added to the collection new [Re: seeker372011]
      #2687064 - 10/08/08 11:57 AM
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Great shots, seeker.

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Re: a couple more Messiers added to the collection new [Re: rollout]
      #2690493 - 10/10/08 04:42 AM
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Quote:

seeker372011, I am a newbie and when my GOTO beeps to tell me I have slewed to a M-object, I am not really sure what I should see.....now I know!!! THANKS!

Should I expect to see (much) less with my ETX-125PE?

Bill



yes and ...no

you wont see the colour in most objects..but you should see more detail at the longer focal length-as long as your sky conditions are reasonable

what you can reasonably expect to see is something more like these sketches

http://www.geocities.com/rodelaet/ETX-105

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Re: a couple more Messiers added to the collection [Re: seeker372011]
      #2692578 - 10/11/08 09:59 AM
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Thanks seeker372011...I have both sites bookmarked.

Bill

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