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vdb142

Started by mclemens, 09/11/2009 07:20PM
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Posted 09/11/2009 07:20PM Opening Post
Mike Clemens
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OK here's a TEC200 / EOS 40D elephant trunk vdb142. This is 18 (6) minute exposures. Maybe ~ 1.1 arcsec/pixel

Mike



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Nice work, great resolution.

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Posted 09/12/2009 12:17AM | Edited 09/12/2009 12:19AM #2
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Pretty!! I too like the detail.

Since this is such a good image to show where vdB142 is I have circled it on your image. Many folks don't realize that the "Elephant Trunk" is not vdB142. It is classified many ways but the easiest is IC 1396a. vdB142 is the small reflection nebulae seen in your image. Being a reflection nebula it can't be seen on narrowband images, only broadband.

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Posted 09/12/2009 02:42AM #3
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Mike,

Great image with your Canon (or should I say canon squared!!) Fantastic resolution. I guess things are getting darker again in Alaska?

cheers,

Jeff
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