NGC300

Started by gregbradley, 08/17/2009 11:29AM

Posted 08/17/2009 11:29AM Opening Post

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2 nights of good seeing - I feel like I won the lottery!

This was taken on one of them.

A crop from a wider field image - Apogee U16M and Tak BRC250.

NGC300 a southern galaxy a bit like M33.

LRGB 100 30 30 30

http://jjd.pbase.com/image/116180289

Greg.

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Posted 08/17/2009 07:45PM #1

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Nice one, Greg!

Eric

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Posted 08/18/2009 04:52PM #2

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Beautiful image of a sadly neglected galaxy Greg.

Cheers,

Maurice

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Posted 08/18/2009 09:32PM #3

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Another nice galaxy I am not familiar with.

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Fort Lewis Observatory: (37.238, -108.052) ~2360m (7744 ft.) elevation.
Darkness - typically 6.5+
Scope - Meade 16" LX200; f6.3 focal reducer
Focus - JMI Smart focus
Camera - SBIG ST-10XE; (~.5"/pixel)
Guiding - AO-8 and/or Meade 5"/DSI/PHD
http://www.fortlewis.edu/observatory

Posted 08/19/2009 03:55AM #4

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Pretty!

Tom

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Lat 42N 47' 00" Long 112W 10' 47"
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