Image of the day Captured by Jeffrey Crilly M27 - 12 LX200R About Astromart Terms of Service Privacy Policy Help & FAQ Astronomy Links User Profiles Top Users List Sponsors Supporters RSS Feeds My Account Log In New to Astromart? Register an account... Need Help? Home Forums IMAGING CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky First Light Sierra Chaparral First Light Sierra Chaparral Started by hbastro, 06/17/2012 01:43PM Post Reply Posted 06/17/2012 01:43PM Opening Post Dave Erickson View public profile Send a private message to Dave Erickson Find more posts by Dave Erickson Find threads started by Dave Erickson Forum Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Huntington Beach CA, US Posts: 310 First light image of the NGC7000 region. Imaging was completely remote controlled 220 miles from the telescope and observatory site. 8" F/2.6 home made astrograph STL 1100M HAlpha filter (3) 10 min sub frames. Quote Posted 06/17/2012 04:06PM #1 Floyd Blue View public profile Send a private message to Floyd Blue Find more posts by Floyd Blue Find threads started by Floyd Blue Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bakersfield CA, US Posts: 4913 Nice Dave, heck that is great having a remote observatory. Quote [SIZE="Large"][/SIZE][COLOR="Blue"][/COLOR] Floyd Blue Amateur Imager Posted 06/30/2012 02:42PM #2 Jim Thommes View public profile Send a private message to Jim Thommes Find more posts by Jim Thommes Find threads started by Jim Thommes Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: San Diego CA, US Posts: 1418 Dave,Lovely image and great story about the observatory and astrograph. Congrats on the first light for remote control. Quote Jim ThommesMak-Newt 152 mmC8Megrez II APOZenithstar 66 mm APOG11/GeminiST8300MArtemis285 CameraCanon 350D DSLRhttp://jthommes.com/Astro/ Post Reply Funding Member Telescopes, Astronomy, Binoculars Sponsors Matsumoto Company Anacortes Telescope ADM Anacortes Telescope nPAE Precision Astro Engineering Rod Mollise AstroMart Takahashi Pier-Tech Inc. Astromart Customer Service TeleVue Optics Optique Unterlinden (Europe) Desert Sky Astro Products FocusKnobs SellTelescopes.com SkyShed Observatories AstroMart LLC Waite Research View all sponsors Search News Classifieds Auctions Reviews & Articles Members Reviews & Articles Forums Calendar Events Go