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Started by ecdon, 03/20/2004 03:35AM

Posted 03/20/2004 03:35AM Opening Post

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Hi all,
here's an 80 minute image taken of M104 from my very light polluted skies. The LP gradiant was pretty bad, so this is the best I can do with this image.
Don Spencer

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Posted 03/20/2004 06:18AM #1

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Wow great image it looks like it did when the credits rolled at the end of the Outer Limits show from the 60's!

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Posted 03/21/2004 03:48AM #2

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Awesome shot Don!
Very nice detail on dust lanes...

Thanks!

Ivan
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Posted 03/21/2004 09:58PM #3

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Thanks Guys...
The LP gradiant cause me to toss out about 1/4 of the detail in the dust lane.. :-( I had hoped to post a couple more shots taken last night at my dark sky site, but getting robofocus and focusmax to sync has been a real challenge. A whole night wasted due to poor focus, even though I got a good vcurve in focusmax... The Eagle would have been a awesome shot...
Sleep deprived and grupmy,
Don Spencer

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