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Abell 2151 in color

Started by RolandC, 06/06/2009 09:25PM
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Roland Christen
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Tony Hallas image, 8300 chip, 206EDF refractor, 1200 mount, 1/2 size.
Final image. (this would be cool if he did a mosaic of the entire area around this cluster of galaxies).

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Posted 06/06/2009 09:47PM #1
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STUNNING! 8O

And this is with a camera that a well-depth of only 25,000 e-, right?!

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Posted 06/06/2009 10:06PM #2
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I think that may be the all-time greatest image I've seen posted here on AM. Words fall short!
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Posted 06/06/2009 10:56PM #3
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That's a great image!
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This is way cool even without the mosaic. Is this more and/or a different exposure than his APOD last year? Any exposure and processing details available? Thanks for posting and reminding us of the quality we should shoot for.

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Fort Lewis Observatory: (37.238, -108.052) ~2360m (7744 ft.) elevation.
Darkness - typically 6.5+
Scope - Meade 16" LX200; f6.3 focal reducer
Focus - JMI Smart focus
Camera - SBIG ST-10XE; (~.5"/pixel)
Guiding - AO-8 and/or Meade 5"/DSI/PHD
http://www.fortlewis.edu/observatory
Posted 06/07/2009 05:13PM #5
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The tiny pixels of the 8300 sure seem suited to this scope. The resolution is just wonderful.
My only quibble is that Tony's latest images look a bit over-saturated on my monitor.

dan
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Beautiful!
Great resolution on those tiny galaxies.

Jason
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