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Old 21-08-2017, 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Placidus View Post
A great shot, Kevin, and well processed. A pleasing background too.

We ex-medical types think the PN looks like a basophil white blood cell, stained with haematoxylin and eosin.
Lol I suppose it does a bit. I reckon a dark field microscope is just like looking at the night sky. A bacteria colony looks like a globular star cluster!

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Originally Posted by Atmos View Post
Really nice Kevin! I think many of us would like to have a 20" on hand Your 10" just means you need 1000+ subs
Thanks Colin. I was thinking of getting a small cmos camera for these little PN's like the ZWO ASI 178 or similar. Only need the center of the field.
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