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Centaurus A

Started by gregbradley, 04/29/2005 04:00AM
Posted 04/29/2005 04:00AM | Edited 04/29/2005 08:19AM Opening Post
11 x 45 seconds. Rapidly took this after dark before the mooon came up. Beautiful clear skies at a dark site that would knock your socks off.

Modded D70, Baader UV/IR block filter, mode 3 exposures (turn off power after exposure with noise reduction on, it interrupts it before it applies a software filter and gives a better RAW file).

Images Plus, Nikon Capture Editor. Nexstar 11 GPS. To get this any better I am going to need to autoguide.

Greg.

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Posted 04/29/2005 12:56PM | Edited 04/29/2005 12:58PM #1
Oh MY!
AMAZING!

First time I see this one imaged... and it is a BEAUTY!
OK, I gotta talk to my wife... we're moving to Australia! wink

That's one sweet shot Greg, thank you for sharing!

Ivan Gastaldo 8)
Coconut Creek, FL

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Posted 04/29/2005 01:13PM #2
Very, very nice! Just 45 second subframes?!?

Eric
Posted 04/30/2005 03:11AM #3
Greg,
Great shot! Thanks for sharing. This object is on my list but since it is so far south for me I will need perfect conditions to get something approaching your image.

Jim Thommes

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C8
Megrez II APO
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G11/Gemini
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