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Andrew Welsh
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Re: Messier Catalogue new [Re: Andrew Welsh]
      #2576694 - 08/12/08 02:30 PM Attachment (138 downloads)

M5, 6 x 30sec subs, ISO3200, 8" SCT at f/6.3, Canon 40D camera, 100% magnification crop of center (see my thread here):

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LX200 8" classic, f/10, Meade eq. wedge, .63x FF/FR
Canon 40D and 5D, unmodified
Canon EF 300/2.8L IS, 400/5.6L, 135/2L, 50/1.8, 85/1.8, 35/2, 24-70/2.8L, and Peleng 8mm fisheye
Orion Apex 102mm (4") Mak-Cass
Pimped out with accessories and bling
My DSLR Astrophotography Webpage and photo bucket with full equipment list


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Andrew Welsh
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Re: Messier Catalogue new [Re: Andrew Welsh]
      #2576701 - 08/12/08 02:33 PM Attachment (112 downloads)

M56 (see my thread here), 36 x 3min subs, ISO1600, 8" SCT at f/6.3, Canon 40D camera

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LX200 8" classic, f/10, Meade eq. wedge, .63x FF/FR
Canon 40D and 5D, unmodified
Canon EF 300/2.8L IS, 400/5.6L, 135/2L, 50/1.8, 85/1.8, 35/2, 24-70/2.8L, and Peleng 8mm fisheye
Orion Apex 102mm (4") Mak-Cass
Pimped out with accessories and bling
My DSLR Astrophotography Webpage and photo bucket with full equipment list


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Andrew Welsh
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Re: Messier Catalogue new [Re: Andrew Welsh]
      #2576705 - 08/12/08 02:34 PM Attachment (109 downloads)

M71 in Saggita, 60 x 120sec subs, ISO 1600, 8" SCT, Canon Rebel XT/350D camera

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LX200 8" classic, f/10, Meade eq. wedge, .63x FF/FR
Canon 40D and 5D, unmodified
Canon EF 300/2.8L IS, 400/5.6L, 135/2L, 50/1.8, 85/1.8, 35/2, 24-70/2.8L, and Peleng 8mm fisheye
Orion Apex 102mm (4") Mak-Cass
Pimped out with accessories and bling
My DSLR Astrophotography Webpage and photo bucket with full equipment list


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Andrew Welsh
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Re: Messier Catalogue new [Re: Andrew Welsh]
      #2576711 - 08/12/08 02:37 PM Attachment (113 downloads)

And the last one.. I have subs of M10 to process, and M12 is on my to-do list...

M53 and NGC 5053 (see original thread here), 45 x 2min, ISO 800, f/6.3, 400mm f/5.6 lens at f/6.3, Canon Rebel XT/350D camera

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LX200 8" classic, f/10, Meade eq. wedge, .63x FF/FR
Canon 40D and 5D, unmodified
Canon EF 300/2.8L IS, 400/5.6L, 135/2L, 50/1.8, 85/1.8, 35/2, 24-70/2.8L, and Peleng 8mm fisheye
Orion Apex 102mm (4") Mak-Cass
Pimped out with accessories and bling
My DSLR Astrophotography Webpage and photo bucket with full equipment list


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Andrew Welsh
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Re: Messier Catalogue new [Re: Andrew Welsh]
      #2576819 - 08/12/08 03:12 PM Attachment (101 downloads)

Oops, no one posted M76 either... forget the imaging details, but it's through an 8" SCT and shot with a Canon Rebel XT/350D

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LX200 8" classic, f/10, Meade eq. wedge, .63x FF/FR
Canon 40D and 5D, unmodified
Canon EF 300/2.8L IS, 400/5.6L, 135/2L, 50/1.8, 85/1.8, 35/2, 24-70/2.8L, and Peleng 8mm fisheye
Orion Apex 102mm (4") Mak-Cass
Pimped out with accessories and bling
My DSLR Astrophotography Webpage and photo bucket with full equipment list


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Nils_Lars
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Re: Messier Catalogue new [Re: Andrew Welsh]
      #2583501 - 08/15/08 04:08 PM

Heres my first try at M8 , a bit over processed but.




Erik Larsen
Santa Cruz Mountains , CA
July 26th 11:00 PM
19 3min subs , 9 darks , 8 flats , shot through C6S w/6.3FR on a 400D(unmodded) and guided on the CG-5 , Stacked in DSS and adjusted in PS CS2.

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Erik

Orion Atlas Self Hypertuned (EQMOD)
Orion ED 80
Williams Optics VII reducer
Celestron 8" SCT
Orion Starshoot Autoguider
PHD guide
Canon 400D Hap Griffin Mod w/Baader filter
Astronomik clip-in LP filter and 12nm Ha
Stilleto CVF and Bahtinov mask
Tamron 75-300mm&28-80mm lenses
NexImage webcam

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joshben
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Here's M5 new [Re: Suk Lee]
      #2604321 - 08/26/08 09:25 AM Attachment (115 downloads)

I have taken some of the lesser known Messier Objects, try to post them.

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joshben
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Re: Here's M5 new [Re: joshben]
      #2604342 - 08/26/08 09:39 AM

Question, when I shrink the images all the way down to allow posting, they look really bad. Should I post a link?
I have a bunch of the lesser known M objects i've taken ove the last months and am happy to contribute.
Paul


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Andrew Welsh
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Re: Messier Catalogue new [Re: Andrew Welsh]
      #2604765 - 08/26/08 12:52 PM Attachment (104 downloads)

M10, stack of 54 x 180sec images, f/6.3, ISO1600, 8" SCT, Canon 40D

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LX200 8" classic, f/10, Meade eq. wedge, .63x FF/FR
Canon 40D and 5D, unmodified
Canon EF 300/2.8L IS, 400/5.6L, 135/2L, 50/1.8, 85/1.8, 35/2, 24-70/2.8L, and Peleng 8mm fisheye
Orion Apex 102mm (4") Mak-Cass
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My DSLR Astrophotography Webpage and photo bucket with full equipment list


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DaemonGPF
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Re: Messier Catalogue new [Re: Andrew Welsh]
      #2730061 - 11/01/08 04:57 PM

M10 - 3x30sec DSI Pro IIc, Starblast 6"


M23 - 4x60sec


M9 - 3x60sec


M12 - 3x30sec


M14 - 5x60sec


M101 - 12x120sec


M33 - 10x30sec


M17 - 8x60sec


M20 - 8x60sec


M42 2x5sec 2x11sec 2x30sec 2x60sec 2x120sec


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-Josh

http://cleardarksky.com/c/AlbuqNMkey.html

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joshben
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Re: Messier Catalogue new [Re: Echo]
      #3007519 - 03/27/09 10:03 AM Attachment (60 downloads)

I've taken all 110 Messier Objects in the last year. Just finished the last the other night. Put into two posters. The first is Messier 1-50 (had to resize to make small) to post here. Will post M51-110 if this works ok.
Also have these on a web page with a little slide show.


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joshben
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Re: Messier Catalogue new [Re: joshben]
      #3007538 - 03/27/09 10:13 AM Attachment (57 downloads)

Images were all taken from my Driveway in Central West Virginia. Mount is Atlas EQ-G, used two scopes, ED80, and 11" SCT. One used to guide, the other to image depending on the FOV required for the object. Exposure times vaied from 30 second subs for some clusters (10 minutes total), to several hours for some larger Nebula and fainter galaxies. Guide camera was Starshoot 1 with 0.5 focal reducer. Imaging camera was Rebel Modified for all objects except M1 and M94 (Starshoot was used for there). Guiding software was PHD, images acquired and processed with Nebulosity. Resized and touched up with Elements 5.0. The image quality on the screen is not too great due to the size limitation of 105K file limit, but you get the idea. I was mostly limited by weather over the last year since it rains al lot here. Also, I had to waituntill now to catch a glimpse of M68 and M83, the last 2 to fall.
Regards,
Paul


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Ed Sunder
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Re: Messier Catalogue new [Re: joshben]
      #3231211 - 07/21/09 08:19 PM

Here's the entire catalog with essentially consistent settings:



Click here and then click on "All Sizes" to view it in detail

Each image was taken using a Meade DSI II Color attached to an LXD75 SN-8 and consists of 15 x 15s images stacked in Envisage and leveled in Photoshop.

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http://flintstonestargazing.com
LXD75 SN-8
Meade 70AZ-A
Tasco Galaxsee
Messier Complete 2008
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Vebjorn
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Re: Messier Catalogue [Re: Ed Sunder]
      #3246138 - 07/30/09 04:34 AM

I don't know how you guys even find these, i know where to look and it should be dark enough to see them through my 6" reflector but i can't find any M objects. I'll post this in the beginner section as well, that's maybe more effective.

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SkyQuest XT6
25mm Orion Sirius Plössl
Canon Powershot G9
Canon Eos 350D

Coming up:
Celestron Omni 2x Barlow
10mm Orion Sirius Plössl
Celestron Moon Filter
Celestron Canon EOS adapter


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