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Started by gregbradley, 10/11/2008 01:18AM
Posted 10/11/2008 01:18AM Opening Post
Here is a crop of an M42 image I took recently.

http://upload.pbase.com/image/104355948

Here is the whole image of M42 and The Running Man Nebula

http://www.pbase.com/gregbradley/image/104333829

Here is a crop of M42 by itself;

http://www.pbase.com/gregbradley/image/104334370

And here is a crop of the Running Man nebula:

http://www.pbase.com/gregbradley/image/104334268

LRGB 50 20 20 20 all 1x1 binning, Apogee U16M camera, Tak BRC 250 scope, Baader
LRGB filters and Apogee filter wheel. Tak NJP mount. Image taken from
my dark site observatory in NSW Australia.

Greg.





Posted 10/11/2008 02:35AM #1
Beautiful shots & equipment Greg, congratulations! 8)

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Posted 10/11/2008 02:56PM #2
Very pretty! The cropped images look like a water color painting.

Tom


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Posted 10/11/2008 04:37PM #3
Must be nice to get M42 now, it is all but gone here.
Very nice images, I like them. smile

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Posted 10/11/2008 10:09PM #4
That is a nice capture. And big enough and detailed enough that those crops look great too.

Charlie


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
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Posted 10/12/2008 03:43PM #5
Posted 10/12/2008 04:41PM #6
Greg,
That is a really sweet set of images - congrats.

Jim Thommes

Mak-Newt 152 mm
C8
Megrez II APO
Zenithstar 66 mm APO
G11/Gemini
ST8300M
Artemis285 Camera
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Posted 10/12/2008 07:17PM #7
Greg,
Fantastic work,I like them all,the full frame image is just awesome!

Jason
Posted 10/13/2008 06:10AM #8
Hi Greg

Wonderful work...looks great.

Regards


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