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Eastern Veil

Started by RUSTY845, 07/17/2008 12:20AM
Posted 07/17/2008 12:20AM Opening Post
NGC 6992 The eastern Veil Nebula taken 7/15/08. 8 X 8 minute exposures were captured through a 6nm Astronomik Hydrogen Alpha filter using a QSI-532 CCD camera and a Vexin R200ss F4 scope on a G11 mount, auto-guided via the program PHD and a Meade DSI Pro II CCD camera. Image acquisition was done in Maxim DL Post processing was performed in AIP4WIN and Adobe Photoshop CS2. Please let me know what you think.

http://deer-pond-observatorie.wetpaint.com/page/NGC+6992

Bob

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http://www.deer-pond-observatory.com
Warwick, New York
41.15984 -74.2541

[B]Takahashi MT 160

10" F4.5 Newt 8O
R200SS grin
Some kind of 127mm APO

Orion Atlas EQ-G
Losmandy G11 with Gemini
iOptron Mimi Tower
iOptrom Cube Pro

Meade DSI PRO II 8O
SBIG ST-10ME
Image Source 21AU04.AS

Posted 07/17/2008 12:51AM #1
Very nice pic! Does your imager only capture in B&W, because I think this would be great in color.
Posted 07/17/2008 03:57AM #2
Very nice Bob. Looks like that set up works great for you.

Jim Thommes

Mak-Newt 152 mm
C8
Megrez II APO
Zenithstar 66 mm APO
G11/Gemini
ST8300M
Artemis285 Camera
Canon 350D DSLR

http://jthommes.com/Astro/