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Started by stargazer_7000, 05/09/2008 08:11PM

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Posted 05/09/2008 08:11PM Opening Post

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hi folks,

with this project finished, I used up all my data that was hovering on the external drive, that I have almost forgotten... (-;
what started last year was continued these days and finally lead to this result on this beautiful trio.
http://www.stargazer-observatory.com/draco3.html

BTW: d3 makes a nice target for visual observation as well!
you need a couple inches though... (-:

thanks!

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Posted 05/09/2008 09:15PM #1

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Very nice Dietmar! I have not seen this one, guess I need to look at it. smile

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Posted 05/09/2008 09:57PM #2

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Your work is super. All your images are very well processed with excellent resolution.

Rolando

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Posted 05/10/2008 12:14AM #3

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Dietmar,

What a wonderful image!! And such a nice galaxy contrast.

Paul

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Posted 05/10/2008 12:46AM #4

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Superb color and detail!

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Posted 05/10/2008 12:49AM #5

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WOW! Dietmar that image is out of this world!!! I knew I should not have let you go home.

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Posted 05/10/2008 01:58AM #6

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Lucien Kemble and others used to call this "The Sampler", for it is a sample of a face-on spiral, an elliptical, and an edge-on spiral, all in one eyepiece view. While visually trying to distinguish which one is the elliptical and which is the face-on in anything less than a 20 inch scope is pretty near impossible, with a 25 inch and likely even easier with a larger scope under excellent skies, I have heard that it can be done.

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beautiful image dietmar! a favorite target of mine when I've finished looking at nearby 5903--these three give a nice test of the evening's transparency in my 16".
--george

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Posted 05/10/2008 03:59PM #8

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Beautiful Diets!!

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Posted 05/10/2008 06:03PM #9

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That full resolution image is amazing!

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