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Started by fblue, 04/02/2008 12:06AM
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Posted 04/02/2008 12:06AM | Edited 04/02/2008 12:23AM Opening Post
Floyd Blue
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Hello all,
Well I went out with the intension of taking Leo's Triplet, but by mistake I set the mount to M86 instead! shocked
Oh well, Leo will be next! wink
Here is what I got for my efforts. Hope your like it. Lots of galaxies in this shot, but some are not as bright as the others. Must be 30 in there if you look. grin

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Posted 04/02/2008 01:38AM #1
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Galaxies galore!
Nice shot Floyd! well done! 8)
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Posted 04/02/2008 02:09AM #2
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Very nice Floyd. Your imaging has really taken a quantum leap forward over the last year or so. Are you using an STL-11000? I am looking at your image on a very bright laptop screen. One thing that I notice is a fairly significant light pollution gradient. Green in the lower left progressing to magenta in the upper right. You might want to give Russ Croman's Gradient Xterminator a try. It works really well at getting rid of those pesky nuisances and is very reasonably priced. I believe he offers a 30 day free trial. Be sure to check out the short tutorial as well. It will get you up and running in no time.

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Posted 04/02/2008 02:24AM #3
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Look at all those galaxies... I bet the odds are something in one of those galaxies imaged your galaxy last night. That's great! How about some technical details?
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