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Started by gregbradley, 09/30/2008 08:59AM
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Greg Bradley
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I finally got some lovely nights at my dark site observatory in remote NSW Australia after
several months of disappointing conditions.

Tak BRC 250, Apogee U16M camera, Baader LRGB filters, Tak NJP mount.

LRGB 50 30 30 30

http://tinyurl.com/4h6lav

Greg.
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Posted 09/30/2008 12:22PM #1
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Nice!

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Starsearch Observatory
Lat 42N 47' 00" Long 112W 10' 47"
Elev 1752m
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Posted 09/30/2008 01:01PM #2
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Beautiful! 8)
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Coconut Creek, FL

Ivan's Observatory
Lat 26N 16' 48" Long 80W 10' 48"
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Posted 09/30/2008 04:07PM #3
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You have some beautiful colors and good detail. However I am not a fan of heavy diffraction spikes. Please forgive, but on objects like this it looks like car headlights seen through a screen door 8O

Rolando
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I looked at all your astrophotos. Very enjoyable!
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Nice Greg! Great color and stars, the nebulosity is quite detailed.
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Posted 10/01/2008 04:11AM #6
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Nice. The colors look right on.

Charlie
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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
Posted 10/03/2008 12:38AM #7
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Stunning image Greg. Very sharp stars.

Kevin
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