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Started by Trannyguy, 01/31/2009 10:52PM
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Jason Boyce
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Well,part of it anyway wink

This is the M86 area with some of the surrounding galaxies. NGC4438/NGC4435"the eyes", NGC4388,4402,4425,4413 to name the most prominant. There are many others as well. I left this at 70% of full resolution to make them easier to find.
M84 is just out of frame to the West,the bottom in this image,I just couldn't squeeze it in with the camera position I used,not optimium framing here!

Fair conditions with good seeing but some haze for both the Luminance and RGB,I was hoping to get a little deeper here but it was not to be.

40x360s Luminance
9x600s each RGB

TMB115 at F7
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1200gto

Thanks for looking,your comments/critiques welcomed.


Jason




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Posted 01/31/2009 11:49PM #1
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Cool pic Jason, I love that cluster!
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Very nice image Jason! I like these areas that are rich with galaxies. I have some great liminance data for this region, but haven't gotten around to getting color data yet. Maybe someday soon... if the weather breaks again.
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Nice shot Jason.
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That's beautiful, Jason! I like the details in the dust lanes that you got out of "The Eyes"!

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A very busy area!
Great shot Jason, lovely detail!

Thank you for sharing! 8)
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