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the Whale

Started by mclemens, 04/09/2010 07:19PM
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Posted 04/09/2010 07:19PM Opening Post
Mike Clemens
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http://www.pbase.com/mclemens1969/image/123454317/original

that is 18 x 10 mins at ISO1600 with EOS 40D (unmodified) and TEC200ED

just a white pt and black pt set on this, no curves, that is why the stars
are hard
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Posted 04/10/2010 12:14AM #1
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Nice Mike, I always have liked that galaxy, cool colors and shape. smile
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Posted 04/10/2010 03:58PM | Edited 04/10/2010 04:07PM #2
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Mike- great shot as always. Are you useing a focal reducer or shooting at the full 72" focal length? .5 arcsec/pixel is awfully spread out!
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Posted 04/11/2010 01:23PM #3
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Beautiful shot Mike!
You sure did catch more than just "the Whale"... awesome! 8)
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Posted 04/12/2010 01:41AM #4
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Looks great. Actually, this is the first time I could see the "whale" as the first thing I thought of when looking at this galaxy. Maybe I just never looked the fins with the correct frame of mind?

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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 04/14/2010 03:20AM #5
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Nicely done Mike. I like the results you are getting from your set up.
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Posted 04/16/2010 02:24AM #6
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Hi Mike,

Fantastic, and with a DSLR - scary to think what you could do with a cooled camera. Its good to see you are putting that canon to good use. The nights must be getting short up there in Alaska by now.

cheers,

Jeff
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