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Leo Trio

Started by leutloffa, 03/12/2007 02:19AM
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Posted 03/12/2007 02:19AM | Edited 03/12/2007 02:22AM Opening Post
Alan Leutloff
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OK try this one on...the Leo Trio...same night as my Markarian...this one a little longer exposure...22 minutes (15 sec subs). Taken with my Megrez 90 (unguided) and DSI-Pro. I feel better about posting this one!! Alan

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Now we are talking! 8)
Nice shot Alan... good detail & contrast! 8)

How do you like that Megrez 90?
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Unguided, 90mm scope and a DSI

That is an impressive image and with your equipment "awesome".

Nice job smile

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Very nice, Alan! You picked up some detail on M65 and M66! BTW, have you blinked your subexposures? You might want to try that: asteroids seem to fly around this trio all the time. I've been shooting this area the last week, and on processing some of the subframes I noticed one asteroid as I was blinking the subframes.

I tested my wife to see if she could pick out the asteroid, and she pointed to the "wrong" portion of the screen. Lo and behold, there was a *second* dimmer asteroid, moving in tandem with the first! Now I need to learn how to do the necessary astrometry to find out which two I shot....

Eric
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