M8 & M20

Started by cosmoscrazy, 06/02/2008 08:18PM

Posted 06/02/2008 08:18PM Opening Post

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Lagoon and Trifid

Imaged at Tierra Del Sol (SDAA club site) on 06/01/2008

Equipment & Processing:
Optics - TV-85, TV 0.8x focal reducer
Mount - Losmandy GM8 (Non-Gemini, Unguided)
Camera - Canon 350D
Exposure - 65x60 second @ ISO 800
Capture/Processing - ImagesPlus 3.5

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Posted 06/02/2008 11:26PM #1

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I had to reduce the size a bit to comply with the 500K image size maximum. The stars don't seem quite right.

A larger version can be found here:

http://aisig.sdaa.org/astroblogDetail.asp?imgID=1896&UserId=40

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Posted 06/05/2008 04:14AM #2

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Nice one Peter.

Is that 350 D a modified Cam?

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Jim Thommes

Mak-Newt 152 mm
C8
Megrez II APO
Zenithstar 66 mm APO
G11/Gemini
ST8300M
Artemis285 Camera
Canon 350D DSLR

http://jthommes.com/Astro/

Posted 06/05/2008 02:05PM #3

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Gorgeous! Tack sharp and great composition too.

Ivan

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