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Douglas Rollain

M20 Trifid Nebula in LRGBHa

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Saturn in the Hive image

Saturn in the Hive


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A very nice object under dark skies for the naked eye or every binocular is the rendezvous of Saturn and M44, the Beehive cluster, since the last weeks. Date: March 1st, 2006 Time: 21:30-23:10 UT Location: Stuttgart, Germany Lens: Photolens 250mm f/5.6 @ f/5.6 Camera: SBIG STL-11000M Mount: AP 900 QMD Guiding: Selfguiding Processing: Dark-/Flatframe-corrected, Photoshop (no sharpening) Exposure time(s): RGB, 6x5 min. each color Size of the original file: 3900x2650px Greetings Stefan March 2nd, 2006