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Started by astrophot99, 06/06/2008 05:05AM
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Joe Gafford
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This shot was taken at my club's dark sky site, 5-30-08 UT. Some light pollution to the south, but pulled-in a nice image. Half sized image.
Enjoy, Joe.
CCD: ST-2000XM with AstroDon LRGB filters.
Lens: Mamiya RZ 110mm @ f5.6, homemade adapter made with a sewer pipe coupling.
Exposure: 15 minutes each of LRGB, Binned 1x1.
Mount: Modified Meade DS-10 GEM mount with homemade drive and autoguiding circuits.

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Posted 06/06/2008 02:37PM | Edited 06/06/2008 02:39PM #1
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Nice shot. There sure is a lot of stuff going on in that region. So, was your adapter made of metal or PVC?

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Fort Lewis Observatory: (37.238, -108.052) ~2360m (7744 ft.) elevation.
Darkness - typically 6.5+
Scope - Meade 16" LX200; f6.3 focal reducer
Focus - JMI Smart focus
Camera - SBIG ST-10XE; (~.5"/pixel)
Guiding - AO-8 and/or Meade 5"/DSI/PHD
http://www.fortlewis.edu/observatory
Posted 06/06/2008 03:53PM #2
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Nice Image Joe!

Curious - the 8 spikes on the stars - look cool but are they an add on or the result of a spider or???

Looks neat!
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Posted 06/06/2008 06:40PM #3
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Beautiful shot Joe! 8)
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Posted 06/07/2008 06:46PM #4
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Great work Joe,it's a beauty smile

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