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Started by Trannyguy, 01/12/2008 09:07PM
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Posted 01/12/2008 09:07PM Opening Post
Jason Boyce
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Hi all,

I shot this a couple nights ago,I was looking for something that did not need long exposures because of low transparency this night and thought this would be a good choice.

I think it came out ok but I did have gradients do deal with even with relatively short exposures.A bit noisier than I had hoped for.

30 minutes Luminance,40 minutes each RGB

Discovered by William Herschel in 1784 and estimated to be about a billion years in age 8O

Vixen VC200L at F6
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Thanks for having a look,

Jason



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Posted 01/12/2008 10:01PM #1
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...very nice cluster image, Jason! smile
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Posted 01/12/2008 10:51PM #2
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Hi Jason,
Nice stars, color is great and resolution on the cluster is excellent! smile
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Posted 01/13/2008 12:22AM #3
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Great shot Jason, nice colors & detail!
Also, thanks for the additional "info"... wink


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Posted 01/13/2008 05:33AM #4
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Jason,
Nice shot!. In addition to being pretty old, I believe it is also pretty distant and that makes for a small apparent size object. You have gotten great detail.

Almost looks like a loose globular.
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