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M101 - I'm going in deeper :)

Started by geomorph, 05/06/2008 06:30PM
Posted 05/06/2008 06:30PM | Edited 05/06/2008 06:31PM Opening Post
Hello all. We had an absolutely beautiful night last night, so I decided to change tactics and try going deeper on an object. Here is the result. It is a combination of 11 subs at 10 minutes and 7 subs at 20 minutes, for a total of 250 minutes of luminance data. I'm hoping for a chance to spend another evening getting color frames, but this will do for now. This is a reduced version of the wide field.

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"The expression of the beautiful is in direct ratio to the power of perception acquired by the artist." (Gustave Courbet)
Posted 05/06/2008 06:33PM #1
Here is a full scale crop of the galaxy. I'm pretty happy with the results.
Cheers,
Tyler

Setup:
Takahashi Epsilon 160 on Losmandy G-11/Gemini
SBIG ST2000XM with Astrodon Filters
MaxIm DL 4 and Photoshop CS3

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"The expression of the beautiful is in direct ratio to the power of perception acquired by the artist." (Gustave Courbet)
Posted 05/06/2008 09:57PM #2
Hi Tyler,
Wow, that is some great luminance, the details are excellent! grin

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Posted 05/07/2008 04:47AM #3
It was a beautiful night (for once)! Well done Tyler!!

Tom

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Posted 05/08/2008 11:09AM #4
Nice and deep. (I already peeked at your color shot, so I know where this was going.)

Charlie


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Scope - Meade 16" LX200; f6.3 focal reducer
Focus - JMI Smart focus
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Guiding - AO-8 and/or Meade 5"/DSI/PHD
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Posted 05/09/2008 05:08AM #5
Nicely Done Tyler.

Jim Thommes

Mak-Newt 152 mm
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Megrez II APO
Zenithstar 66 mm APO
G11/Gemini
ST8300M
Artemis285 Camera
Canon 350D DSLR

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Posted 05/11/2008 07:40PM #6
Sweet Tyler!
These both look great.

I love all the little fuzzies.


Jason