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M16 - Dark, a quickie and awash with the Moon
Whilst waiting for Near Earth Asteroid 2008 BT18 to clear some trees, I had some fun capturing M16 (followed by Uranus and Neptune - separate posts).
There was a big, bright, bold almost full Moon some 35 degrees away, but I was astonished at how ccd cameras can “shrug off” the light pollution and gradient, although the ST7E does only have a 765x510 pixel chip. Sorry, no RGB colour this time!
Brisbane, QLD, Australia
19th July, 2008 starting at approx. 8:40pm AEST (GMT+10).
Takahashi Mewlon 180 F12 at prime focus.
SBIG ST7E CCD camera, 10 sub frames of 240 secs each.
Cheers
Dennis
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