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Started by jthommes, 03/23/2005 05:41AM

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Posted 03/23/2005 05:41AM Opening Post

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Here is an image of M65 and M66 in a 30" field. The seeing was good for me and the skies were dark (mid February) and I was pleased with the exposure data. I have attached a mid size thumbnail. A full size image and exposure / processing details are at:

http://jthommes.com/Astro/M65-66.htm

Scope was my C8 at f/2.8 (Meade F3.3 focal reducer), Camera was my ToUcam SC3 RAW.

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

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Posted 03/23/2005 10:59AM #1

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Hi Jim,

This is a great image, especially knowing that it's taken by ToUcam. I noticed that the background brightness is not quite uniform. Do you think it is a flat field effect?

Wei-Hao

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Posted 03/23/2005 01:56PM #2

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Awesome!
Thank you for sharing! wink

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Posted 03/23/2005 02:51PM #3

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Very nice, Jim! Galaxy season has not been good to me yet sad

Eric

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Posted 03/24/2005 05:46AM #4

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Thank you all for your comments, I appreciate them.

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Jim Thommes

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 03/24/2005 02:13PM #5

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Great one Jim! I am always impressed with your images. I wish I could get some of your clear skies!

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Posted 03/24/2005 11:01PM #6

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Jim Thommes said:

Scope was my C8 at f/2.8 (Meade F3.3 focal reducer), Camera was my ToUcam SC3 RAW.

Very nice work with such a simple camera!

-Tom

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Posted 03/26/2005 05:03PM #7

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Great job! Fantastic amount of detail in both. You just need to composite the third member of the group now! One of your best, keep it up!

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