One more time with updated "stuff". Exposure and processing details are here:
http://www.fortlewis.edu/observatory/image_detail.asp?ID=234
(Be sure to click on "high resolution".) There is also a link to the 2008 version. Shows a hint of the halo, the "nearby" (very distant) IC 1296, and many other background fuzzies... I will try to add some H-alpha next, but I'll be that won't work through the AO-8.
Charlie
http://www.fortlewis.edu/observatory/image_detail.asp?ID=234
(Be sure to click on "high resolution".) There is also a link to the 2008 version. Shows a hint of the halo, the "nearby" (very distant) IC 1296, and many other background fuzzies... I will try to add some H-alpha next, but I'll be that won't work through the AO-8.
Charlie
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
