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ngc891 with a little mak

Started by lonnic, 09/11/2007 08:14AM
Posted 09/11/2007 08:14AM Opening Post
i send you a picture taken in Lorica (Ytaly)
with a sky limit magnitude (zenith) about 5.8 ...

http://www.lonnic.com/astro/ngc0891.2007.09.10.125min-LONNIC.html

Luminance: 2 hours and 5 minutes

intes micro m500 (Rutten-Maksutov D=127 mm F=1270 @f/10)

on atik 16 hr, luminance - bin 1x1 (L: 28x300s) on eq6

1.05 x 1.05 arcsec/pixel

Autoguide by orion ED80 @f/15 F=1200 and starlight mx5c

Nico Lonetti, Cosenza, Italy

http://www.Lonnic.com/astro/
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dob 16"
Posted 09/11/2007 01:04PM #1
Posted 09/11/2007 04:24PM #2
Great shot Nico, well done!
Thank you for sharing! 8)

Ivan Gastaldo 8)
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Ivan's Observatory
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Posted 09/11/2007 06:39PM | Edited 09/11/2007 06:40PM #3
Nice shot Nico! grin
Here is my attempt from this weekend. Same object taken with the DSI II Color one shot, WO 80mm APO, LXD650 mount and PHD guiding. One hour, 4 minutes x 15 subs.
Not cropped, but the whole field is shown.

Attached Image:

fblue's attachment for post 116756

[SIZE="Large"][/SIZE][COLOR="Blue"][/COLOR] Floyd Blue grin
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Posted 09/12/2007 05:19PM #4
Very nice version of this object! I like it a lot.
Cheers,
Tyler

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