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m1 high res in red light

Started by L Citro, 08/25/2006 10:17AM
Posted 08/25/2006 10:17AM Opening Post
Hi,

When the moon is up I very often will use the standard red filter rather then a H alpha filter. This has the advantage of more light throughput and I can find a guid star while it's often impossible to find a guide star with the H alpha filter.

M1 60 mins exposure with 10 min subs, Takahashi Mewlon 250 at f9.1, ST10XME 1x1 binning. Processed in MaximDL v 4 and Paiantshop Pro.

clear skies,

Larry Citro




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Posted 08/25/2006 12:25PM #1
Very nice Larry!
To tell you the truth, haven't heard much of imaging with RED filter... 8)

Ivan Gastaldo 8)
Coconut Creek, FL

Ivan's Observatory
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Posted 08/25/2006 04:34PM #2
Hi Larry!

Good to see you back imaging! Nice details in this little crab! Now here's an object that I have yet to seriously try!

There's a bit of vertical star elongation in the image. Is this tracking or optically-caused?

Eric