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Rho Nebula AP140

Started by gregbradley, 04/17/2010 08:55AM
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Posted 04/17/2010 08:55AM Opening Post
Greg Bradley
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Here is one I took of the Rho Nebula the other night with my fabulous AP140 and 155TCC
using a FLI Proline 16803 camera.

LRGB 50 30 30 30 .

http://www.pbase.com/gregbradley/image/123678501/large

From the front yard of my new house which is in a semi rural fairly dark area yet not too
far from the city.

Greg.
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Nice Greg, I love the colors. It must be nice to have fairly dark skies at your house. I live very close to Montreal which because of the cheap electricity is one of the most light polluted cities in the world. I built my observatory at my cottage, where the skies are most definitely darker, however the one hour drive limits the number of nights I can image.

Jeff
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Nice image - tiny stars and smooth clouds. (Am I supposed to see a greek letter "rho" here, or is that just identification?)

Charlie
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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 04/30/2010 03:01AM #3
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Nicely done Greg! I really like the colors of this part of the sky. Your image capured it well.

Jim
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Mak-Newt 152 mm
C8
Megrez II APO
Zenithstar 66 mm APO
G11/Gemini
ST8300M
Artemis285 Camera
Canon 350D DSLR

http://jthommes.com/Astro/
Posted 04/30/2010 04:26PM #4
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Fabulous shot!

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Very nice Greg! I'll bet you are glad to be imaging from home.
Cheers,
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Posted 05/04/2010 03:06AM #6
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Very pretty indeed - a fabulous photo!
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