First Light for new wide field setup.

Started by hbastro, 03/15/2013 09:35PM

Posted 03/15/2013 09:35PM | Edited 03/15/2013 09:37PM Opening Post

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Antares and surrounding area with an upgraded wide field remote camera. First light image using HAlpha filter (3)15min sub frames taken March 13 2013 from Sierra Chaparral Observatory. Seeing 1.2 arc seconds Sky Quality 22 mag/arc sec.

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Posted 03/15/2013 09:55PM #1

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Nice view! Nice conditions!
Seems to have a 3D effect...

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Posted 03/16/2013 02:07PM #2

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Great first light, hope you have plenty of good nights! grin

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Posted 03/16/2013 05:47PM #3

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Dave,

Deep stuff for those short subs -- is this setup using your new astrograph?

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Posted 03/16/2013 08:52PM #4

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Beautiful result, Dave!

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Posted 03/18/2013 09:33AM #5

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Beautiful shot. But .. could you post a larger version of this?

Rolando

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