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GUM 15

Started by atalas, 02/25/2009 04:15AM
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Posted 02/25/2009 04:15AM Opening Post
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Hi All

This shot of GUM 15 is one of many an interesting emission & reflection nebula to be found in the constellation Vela.

Although only 2 hours of data was captured It was still enough to show the rich dusty region quite well.

Telescope: FSQ106N
Camera: SXVF-M25C
Guide: QHY5/FS60c
Mount: AP600E
Exposures: 12 x 10 minutes
Location: Coonabarabran,N.S.W,Australia

http://www.atalas.net/components/com_expose/showpic.html?img=expose/img/img_1235535270_318_lg.jpg&caption=GUM%2015&date=&location=
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Posted 02/25/2009 12:49PM #1
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Nice - you can see stuff throughout the FOV. But I agree it could use more time to bring it out more.

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Posted 02/25/2009 03:14PM #2
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Very pretty!

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Posted 02/25/2009 04:43PM #3
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Very nice, Louie!

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Posted 02/26/2009 05:23AM #4
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Thanks for looking and the nice comments guys. smile
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Posted 02/26/2009 06:11AM #5
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Wow! That is a sweet shot Louie. There sure is a lot of "stuff" in there.
Cheers,
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Posted 02/26/2009 01:19PM #6
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Nicely done Louie!

I can see quite a lot of dust surrounding the main nebula. The dark areas in Gum-15 are cool.

A couple more hours on this would really give it some more pop!

Sweet shot,

Jason
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