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Started by J.P. McBride, 03/10/2012 08:57PM

Posted 03/10/2012 08:57PM Opening Post

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Hi again, I thought I'd try to get a shot of Her while I had the scope out for the Sun. The best 89 frames with 70mm refractor and a 2.5x barlow. Processed in R6...frames were shot at 1/200 sec. Could have gone down to 1/500sec and not over exposed the disk. Manually cropped @ 75%?

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Joe

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Posted 03/10/2012 10:43PM #1

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Nice, Joe. Very natural looking. I like it!

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Posted 03/12/2012 03:05AM #2

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That's a nice shot. I've done Venus twice. It's a hard one to get a good shot on.

Andreas

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DSOs observed:
NGCs 2005, ICs 103, Other 70, Palomar GCs 6, Abell PNs 12, Herschel 400: 316.
Equipment
Celestron CPC 1100, Lunt 60mm Ha Solar Scope

Posted 03/16/2012 09:53PM #3

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Hi, Shot again today with a 3x barlow plus a small extention tube. Sky was foggy all day and when it cleared up the sky was still as could be. Best 135 frames out of 150.

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Joe

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