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Old 23-04-2006, 03:39 PM
tornado33
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M83, Lagoon, other nebulae and Horsehead

Hi all
Heres some more images, I took these last night, didnt pack up till after 2 am!

M83 galaxy with UHCS filter 5 x 5 mins ISO 400, larger and full sized versions here
http://scottalder.fotopic.net/p28352659.html

Lagoon Nebula 4 x 5 mins ISO 400
http://scottalder.fotopic.net/p28352665.html

NGC 3603 and 3576 near bottom with part of NGC 3572 at top also TR18 open cluster at middle, where a supernova remnant (MSH 11-062) lies also.
http://scottalder.fotopic.net/p28352664.html

Horsehead nebula 6 x 10 mins, a full hour's imaging.
http://scottalder.fotopic.net/p28352666.html

All shots taken with the UHCS filter and MPCC with the 6 inch F3.6 Schmidt Newtonian.
Conditions, clear and rather cold.
This is as deep as Ive pushed the cometracker scope, I need to beef up the guidescope setup with it to go longer as RA flexure errors happen with longer exposures now.

My 2 inch UV/IR cut filter should arrive in a few days, then I will get out Bert's lens and go really "deep" with it
Scott
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