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Started by sam pitts, 05/02/2010 04:17PM
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Sam Pitts
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Finally finished my new M33 image. I wanted to go way deeper than I had years ago with an ED80. This new image was 5.75 hours of images with 5 & 10 min subs, mostly 10 minute images, as I wanted to go deep. 150 minutes was devoted to RGB the balance was in Lum & Ha. Ha really helped with the nebula detail. I was also pleased to capture many background galaxies, some seen through the spiral armes of M33.
I would have liked to get more data, but I setup and tear down at remote sites and the weather does not hold up well for multi-night adventures here in Oregon.

Thanks Sam

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Posted 05/02/2010 04:53PM #1
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Pretty cool image there Sam! grin
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Posted 05/03/2010 01:35AM #2
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Sam,
The image looks really nice. It's a great combination a=of data and processing.

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Posted 05/03/2010 11:00PM #3
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That is very nice Sam. Congrats on such a great image.
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Posted 05/04/2010 11:54PM #4
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Very cool M33. You got those star forming regions to stand out nicely.
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