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Old 28-08-2011, 12:22 PM
Martin Pugh
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First Light - Heaven's Mirror Observatory

Hello all - I have been off the forum for a while, and certainly glad to be back to report that my remote observatory is up and running at
Sierra Remote.
You can see some photos of the equipment here.


http://www.martinpughastrophotograph...ens_Mirror.htm


and here is the official first light.

IC5067 –The Pelican Nebula (Narrowband)

SII (5.5hrs), Ha (5.5hrs), and OIII (7hrs 50minutes) – total of almost
19 hours.

http://www.martinpughastrophotography.id.a u/Nebulae/IC5067.htm

Planewave 17” CDK, Apogee U16M, Astrodon NB filters (5nm, 5nm, 3nm).

Hope you like this, but comments very welcome.
Cheers
Martin
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