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Old 13-07-2007, 01:08 PM
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Cool M83, Southern Pinwheel Galaxy

Hey, all.

On the 10th and 11th of July I had my first clear nights in 1 and a half months!

I managed over the two nights to take an image of M83.

Telescope: 8" newtonian f/5 reflector

Camera: DSI Pro II

Mount: EQ-5

Tracking: Yes

Guiding: No

Software: Taken with Envisage, then processed in PS CS2

Location: 5kms away from Glen Innes, NSW, Australia. 1070m above sea level. Perfect skies here...

Exposures:
I took the luminance layer at 7:10pm on the 10th. This consisted of 65 8 second exposures.

The colour was taken on the 11th around 7:20pm. I got 50, 8second exposures for each colour layer.


I have ran the image through paint to reduce the filesize. Please click here to see the original image.

Comments and critique welcome.
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