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Tom Davis
30-05-2012, 01:57 AM
Here are vdB109 and vdB111. Neither are exciting and I present them here as reference images.

vdb109:
http://tvdavisastropics.com/astroimages-1_0000fa.htm

vdB111:
http://tvdavisastropics.com/astroimages-1_0000fb.htm

-Tom

alpal
30-05-2012, 01:17 PM
They are lovely images.
I like the optical quality of your images.
That setup is giving you pin point stars corner to corner on such a wide field.

TrevorW
30-05-2012, 01:42 PM
Interesting none the less

LightningNZ
30-05-2012, 02:28 PM
Beautiful photos even if the subjects aren't exactly spectacular.

Thanks for posting,
Cam

Paul Haese
30-05-2012, 05:49 PM
Nice dust Tom, with a lovely looking background and heaps of colourful stars.

strongmanmike
30-05-2012, 07:30 PM
Well Tommy, I recon they are both pretty cool actually, I am sure my versions with the same data would have looked more like dark frames :sadeyes: :lol:

Good to see you back in the dustbuster saddle :thumbsup:

Mike

Peter Ward
30-05-2012, 08:30 PM
I am slowly coming to the conclusion that I really need to get a dark site
for my RHA..... as you aptly demonstrate!

A nice pair... of images :)

Octane
30-05-2012, 08:43 PM
The two best reference images that anyone has ever taken of these majestic objects. Or, likely ever will.

Love your work, Sir Davis.

H

Tom Davis
31-05-2012, 04:35 AM
Thanks everyone. I am trying to image the entire vdB catalog but at the rate the the skies are clear here in Idaho it will take me a few more years!

-Tom

stevous67
31-05-2012, 08:44 AM
"Two unexciting vdB objects"

Well, I tried vdB109 just last month and failed to get good data. I realise now individual sub exposures for this object need to be 1.5x or 2.0x longer than normal.

So, nice job Tom.

Steve