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Eastern Veil Nebula

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RG did it again

Started by n.i.x, 12/17/2003 05:40PM
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Nico Taelman
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The image of the day of the Pleiades is stunning, kudos to Robert Gendler on another terrific picture! It seems every time he images a well-known object he adds a new dimension to it. Respect.
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Posted 12/17/2003 05:47PM #1
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Why the spikes on stars if this was taken with an AP 155?
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Posted 12/17/2003 08:06PM #2
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He used some of his sons kite string taped to the front of his refractor to create the diffraction spikes or string spikes. A film trick from the past
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