Sharpless 157

Started by jthommes, 10/17/2010 11:17PM

Posted 10/17/2010 11:17PM Opening Post

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Here is a view of the Sharpless 157 region. I might have wished for a little better composition so as to not cut off NGC 7510 cluster, but the emission areas are mostly included. Image and details are here:

http://www.jthommes.com/Astro/SH2-157.htm
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Scope - Maksutov Newtonian (MN152) at f/4.8
Camera - ST8300 - Astronomik Ha RGB filters
Mount - G11/Gemini
Guiding - Megrez 80 mm (555 mm FL), DSI Pro, PhD Guiding

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Jim Thommes

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 10/17/2010 11:50PM #1

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Looks good.

Robert

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Posted 10/19/2010 04:37PM #2

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Looking good Jim. What a nice big field!
Cheers,
Tyler

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Posted 10/21/2010 02:37AM #3

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Robert, Tyler,
Thanks for the comments.

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Jim Thommes

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

http://jthommes.com/Astro/

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