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Old 24-10-2005, 04:43 PM
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Messier 42 with new MPCC

Here's an image I did a few nights ago to try out my new Multi-Purpose Coma Corrector from Baader Planetarium. The weather hasn't been good at all, this image was taken in a clear spot between the clouds with the Moon rising.

The MPCC works a treat and it looks like it has removed the coma in my GSO 12-inch across the entire field ! It screws into my 2-inch eyepieces and also directly onto the front of the t-adapter for the Digital SLR.

The image of M42 is 4 exposures @ISO200 totalling about 9.3 minutes and covers about 49 x 33 arc-minutes.

The first image I attached in the natural looking image, the second image has an un-sharp mask to highlight certain details.

Here's a higher resolution version http://www.skylab.com.au/pmsa/ngc1976c.html
And the image which is un-sharp masked
http://www.skylab.com.au/pmsa/ngc1976d.html

Hope you like the images!

Paul M
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