M81, M82 and NGC 3077 widefield

Started by mtoconnor, 04/14/2008 10:17PM

Posted 04/14/2008 10:17PM Opening Post

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Hi Guys, the weatherman is claiming we're going to have several clear nights in a row. I had a bit of a backlog to clear before collecting anything new so I thought I would share a few images that I have recently made. This is 60 minutes of luminance data of M81, M82 and NGC 3077. I plan to add color data to it ASAP.
Takahashi TOA-130, STL-11000. 5 min. x 12. Aligned, combined and processed in MaximDL/CCD 4 and Photoshop CS3. Data acquisition via CCDAutopilot 3.

Thanks for looking,
Mike O'Connor

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Posted 04/15/2008 03:21AM #1

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Lovely widefield Michael!
Great detail captured!

Thanks! 8)

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Posted 04/16/2008 03:04AM #2

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Very nice Mike!

Lots of background fuzzies in there.

Jason

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Posted 04/16/2008 10:31PM #3

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Hey Mike!

Nice shots, all three of them! Looking forward to seeing color in your M81/82 image.

Eric

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