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Started by jthommes, 01/01/2007 11:08PM

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Posted 01/01/2007 11:08PM Opening Post

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Happy new year to all! It has been a busy holiday season for me - I hope to get back to more astronomical endeavors...

Here is a part of the sky in Orion that features 5 Sharpless objects Sh2-254 through Sh2-258. A full size image and exposure and processing details can be seen at:

http://jthommes.com/Astro/SH2-254_258.htm

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Posted 01/02/2007 12:53AM #1

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Nice work Jim.

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Posted 01/02/2007 01:54AM #2

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Nice image Jim. Well processed.

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Posted 01/02/2007 03:05AM #3

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Very nice Jim!

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Posted 01/03/2007 05:17AM #4

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Thanks for the comments guys.

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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 01/03/2007 01:07PM #5

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Hi Jim!

I'm a little late here - I've been out of circulation for an extended holiday - those are cute objects you've captured! Nice processing, too!

Hope you had a great holiday. I did - I was able to bring a little scope, and floored family (mine and my wife's) with views of Saturn, the Pleiades and M42.

Eric

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Happy New year to you too Jim! 8)
Great shot! Lovely detail & colors!

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Hi Jim,
That's really well done. The field of view is perfect. I've been trying to collect enough data on IC 2162 for a couple of years, but I can see from your image that this field of view with all five Sharpless objects is much more interesting.
My regards,

dan

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Posted 01/05/2007 04:06AM #8

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Thanks for the comments (and season wishes from Ivan and Eric).

Dan, Yes, I think if I was selecting targets out of IC I may have just gone for IC2162. But I was selecting out of Sharpless and I was intrigued by these five sharpless objects so close together. When I was surveying the internet for SH2-25x, these always seemed to be framed together.

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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/

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