More good standby targets, but does this count as "stamp collecting?" The bar keeps getting set higher and higher with all the other great image posts around here. I hope these are the last of the 80mm scope images for a while, as the snow clears off the roads and the camera gets to move back to the 16" scope.
Both of these images could be stretched a bit more with the L, but there were apparently some issues with the RGB flats that will need some further "tweaking". Eventually I would like some time to re-process, but that will be another week. Details and links to a higher resolution versions are on the web site.
M66
http://www.fortlewis.edu/observatory/image_detail.asp?ID=258
This is a totally different data set than I took a month ago.
M81
http://www.fortlewis.edu/observatory/image_detail.asp?ID=260
I am not sure why, but this is my first shot of M81.
Thanks for looking.
Charlie
Both of these images could be stretched a bit more with the L, but there were apparently some issues with the RGB flats that will need some further "tweaking". Eventually I would like some time to re-process, but that will be another week. Details and links to a higher resolution versions are on the web site.
M66
http://www.fortlewis.edu/observatory/image_detail.asp?ID=258
This is a totally different data set than I took a month ago.
M81
http://www.fortlewis.edu/observatory/image_detail.asp?ID=260
I am not sure why, but this is my first shot of M81.
Thanks for looking.
Charlie
Fort Lewis Observatory: (37.238, -108.052) ~2360m (7744 ft.) elevation.
Darkness - typically 6.5+
Scope - Meade 16" LX200; f6.3 focal reducer
Focus - JMI Smart focus
Camera - SBIG ST-10XE; (~.5"/pixel)
Guiding - AO-8 and/or Meade 5"/DSI/PHD
http://www.fortlewis.edu/observatory
