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M51 from Hole in the Wall

Started by fblue, 04/24/2009 04:51PM
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Posted 04/24/2009 04:51PM | Edited 04/26/2009 02:49AM Opening Post
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Well, went to Hole in the Wall, but only got one night out of three where I got an image. Had some power problems that kept me from getting a complete image. Then the weather got bad on Wednesday and we came home. Lots of high winds, even blew a trailer and one motorcycle off the road!
When I got home I think I found and fixed the power issue and hope to go to LAAS site for tonight and tomorrow. Maybe I can get another object or two?

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Posted 04/24/2009 10:30PM #1
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Posted 04/25/2009 01:20AM #2
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[COLOR="Purple"]Might be only one shot but what a shot it is!! Well done Floyd.
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Posted 04/25/2009 01:26AM #3
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Excellent Floyd!
Love the wider FOV.


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Posted 04/25/2009 05:48AM #4
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Really nice Floyd.

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Posted 04/25/2009 02:10PM #5
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Great shot Floyd. Love all the background galaxies and how good they came through.

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Posted 04/25/2009 05:21PM | Edited 04/26/2009 02:50AM #6
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I did a little work on the color balance, I was told it was a bit too blue by someone.
Here is the product of the adjustment. Do you think it is better? Not sure there is not a little too much magenta, but I do like how it looks, so not sure.

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Posted 04/27/2009 09:59AM #7
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That's a pretty decent image.
Too bad you didn't have better weather.
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