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First light rural observatory

Started by gregbradley, 05/29/2006 02:48PM
Posted 05/29/2006 02:48PM | Edited 05/29/2006 02:48PM Opening Post
Under virtually flawless skies here is afirst light for my now operational rural observatory I have called Viewpoint Observatory.

Trifid, Tak FS152, F6, Sbig 2000XM, Tak NJP mount on a permanent pier.

Remote New South Wales, Australia (3 cars drove past in 4 days!).

LRGB 20:20:20:20.

Greg.

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Posted 05/29/2006 05:25PM #1
Greg,
Thats one hell of an image. You have great star color and you didn't clip a thing. Beautiful!
Posted 05/29/2006 05:46PM #2
Wonderful shot! 8)

Ivan Gastaldo 8)
Coconut Creek, FL

Ivan's Observatory
Lat 26N 16' 48" Long 80W 10' 48"
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Posted 05/29/2006 06:46PM #3
Greg,
What a great image. Congrats!

I am so envious of your observatory under dark skies. Is it where you live, or do you have to travel to get to your observatory?

Jim Thommes

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

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Posted 05/30/2006 01:34AM #4
Very nice!! Your image acquisition and processing are advancing wonderfully!

Best,
Tom

Starsearch Observatory
Lat 42N 47' 00" Long 112W 10' 47"
Elev 1752m
www.tvdavisastropics.com
Posted 05/30/2006 07:08AM #5
Very nice Greg,

I just bought a 2000XM. Hopefully someday I'll be able to produce something as nice as that.

Thanks for sharing!
-JW:
Posted 05/30/2006 12:01PM #6
That's a wonderful image, Greg! Congratulations on your new observatory! With those dark skies, you should be able to take very long, very deep exposures. I'll be looking forward to those!

Eric
Posted 05/30/2006 12:09PM #7
Beautiful Image Greg! You are lucky to have such a dark site with such great equipment. Keep cranking out the images.
Cheers,
Tyler

"The expression of the beautiful is in direct ratio to the power of perception acquired by the artist." (Gustave Courbet)