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Started by bschnitzer, 04/06/2006 01:54AM

Posted 04/06/2006 01:54AM Opening Post

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A rare decent night in Northern Virginia on March 30th. Seeing 5/10. Transparency 2/5. This is a stack of 515 of 1600. Toucam Pro at f18 prime focus of the Royce 16" conical classical cassegrain. Registax and Photoshop Elements processing.
Thanks for looking.

Bob Schnitzer
Grenville Base Observatory
Haymarket, VA

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Bob Schnitzer
Grenville Base Observatory - Haymarket, VA
http://www.grenville-observatory.com
16" f18 Royce Conical Dall-Kirkham
10" f16 Parks/Coulter/Novak/Cave Classical Cassegrain
127mm Orion Starmax Mak-Cas
80mm f15 Meade refractor
40mm Tasco variable power tabletop refractor
DMK 31AF03.AS
DBK 21AF04.AS

Posted 04/06/2006 07:50PM #1

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Nice Bob, starting to catch Encke. Thoughts on larger image scale?
Joe

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16" F5 "Front Collimating" mirror cell

Posted 04/07/2006 09:56PM #2

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Bob, excllent shot from that awesome scope! 5 years ago, I lived around the corner from you in Bristow. I remember those eastern skies never seemed very dark lit up by DC, but I did have my best views of the southern sky and will never forget seeing the lagoon nebula with my C11. Hope you get at least a few perfect nights this spring!

Regards,
Steve

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