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Started by jthommes, 04/29/2007 12:59AM

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Posted 04/29/2007 12:59AM Opening Post

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I have never imaged M61 before - don't know why, but I took the opportunity to do so. I went with a little wider field since there was a bit of a breeze during my imaging sessions and I was struggling with the long focal length originally intended. As such, I ended up framing the image to also capture NGC 4292 and NGC 4301.

Full size image and exposure / processing details are at:

http://jthommes.com/Astro/M61.htm

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Posted 04/29/2007 06:21AM #1

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Beautiful image Jim, as usual!

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Posted 04/29/2007 07:32AM #2

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Great shot with great detail Jim ! 8)

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Posted 04/29/2007 10:13AM #3

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very nice Job, Jim!
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Posted 04/29/2007 12:39PM #4

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Jim,

Sweet image! The wider field really does work nice on M61.

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Posted 04/29/2007 02:19PM #5

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Nicely done Jim!

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Posted 04/30/2007 12:29AM #6

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Great image Jim!

Darn that wind huh,I get a lot of it around here sad

Nice job!

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Posted 04/30/2007 03:17AM #7

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Thanks for the comments everyone - they are much appreciated.

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Mak-Newt 152 mm
C8
Megrez II APO
Zenithstar 66 mm APO
G11/Gemini
ST8300M
Artemis285 Camera
Canon 350D DSLR

http://jthommes.com/Astro/

Posted 04/30/2007 07:12PM | Edited 04/30/2007 07:13PM #8

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Jim, great "FIRST" M61... wink

Beautiful colors & detail.

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