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M16 - Eagle Nebula

Started by cosmoscrazy, 07/08/2008 06:21AM
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Posted 07/08/2008 06:21AM Opening Post
Peter Morrison
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A wide field Eagle Nebula

Equipment:
Optics - TV-85, TV 0.8x focal reducer
Mount - Losmandy GM8
Camera - Canon 350D (unmodified)
Guiding - Orion StarShoot Autoguider/PHD/William Optics ZenithStar 66 SD

Exposure Information:
15x180s @ ISO 800

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Posted 07/09/2008 01:38AM #1
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Looks good, keep em coming. wink



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Posted 07/09/2008 11:00AM #2
Ivan Ong
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Nice composition and great field of view! What was your processing approach? Close up, it seems to have an interesting microtexture.
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Nice image Peter. I love to see these objects in wide field. These DSLR lend themselves to that so well.
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Mak-Newt 152 mm
C8
Megrez II APO
Zenithstar 66 mm APO
G11/Gemini
ST8300M
Artemis285 Camera
Canon 350D DSLR

http://jthommes.com/Astro/
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