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The Spider and the Fly

Started by jthommes, 10/26/2007 12:36AM
Posted 10/26/2007 12:36AM | Edited 10/26/2007 12:55AM Opening Post
Here is an image of IC417 (the spider) and NGC 1931 (the fly). Full size image and exposure / processing details are at:

http://jthommes.com/Astro/IC417.htm
(be sure to click on the image for full size)

I needed to go fairly deep for this and the color data was weak. The Luminance was Ha and being that the color was weak, most of the blue reflection in this image is not evident.

Megrez II APO at f/5.2 (WO FF III)
Artemis285
G11/Gemini
Guiding - C8 at 1350 FL, DSI Pro, K3CCDTools

An earlier image (March 2004) of just IC 417 is in my Archives here:

http://jthommes.com/MiscAstro/Archives/IC417.htm

Jim Thommes

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

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Posted 10/26/2007 03:30AM #1
Nice image Jim, the object is pretty cool looking too. grin

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Posted 10/26/2007 05:49PM #2
Excellent! 8)

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