26-04-2020, 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by marc4darkskies
PROOF OF LIFE PHOTO! .
This is to prove that Bells Observatory 2.0 is now up and running! This annotated, very preliminary B&W image is of the barred spiral galaxy NGC4731 65 million light years away.
There's a lot more work to do to get to a finished image I can post in the Deep Space section, but "first light" is always cause to celebrate!
Alas, seeing was not good on the night and there were a few gremlins to sort out (mostly because of my rusty memory) ... but who cares!  |
Hey it's a great start 
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