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28-05-2006, 11:44 PM
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Whats visual Astronomy
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NGC 6188 with ED80
After seeing Paul Mayo's beautifull image posted today I had to give it a go myself but with a wider field.
12 x 4 minute unguided images at ISO 800
Taken from my house Brisbane with the moded 350D and ED80 using the UHC-S filter.
Processed the same as always...imagesplus and PhotoshopCS.
I did a star reduction in Imagesplus because I found there were that many stars in the image it took away from the nebula itself....hope you like the slight modification to the image.
http://www.users.on.net/~striker/NGC-6188-crop.jpg
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29-05-2006, 06:23 AM
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Sir Post a Lot!
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It looks like a velvety curtain. Lovely work Tony.
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29-05-2006, 07:43 AM
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Dazzled by the Cosmos.
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Hi Tony
Wow – you are pumping out some really excellent images with this combo. Can’t wait to see the results from your 10” RC.
Cheers
Dennis
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29-05-2006, 07:56 AM
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29-05-2006, 08:54 AM
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Beautiful image Tony.
Lots of detail.
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29-05-2006, 09:41 AM
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Nice shot there. Great to see everyone getting good results from their modded cameras 
Scott
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29-05-2006, 12:06 PM
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Whats visual Astronomy
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Thanks guys.....really enjoying playing around with this modded 350D.
I just wished my LX200R OTA would hurry up...could be a few more weeks away now...and also will be nice to get back into some autoguided images.
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29-05-2006, 12:27 PM
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luke
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I want a 350D. 
Perfect i reckon, well done
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30-05-2006, 09:12 PM
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All alone in the night
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Hi Striker,
wow. That's a really good image. Good work.
Shouldn't this nebula have a name? like say the "Tasmania Nebula" or the "Ayres Rock Nebula" - it kinda looks like tasmania in your wide field image (well kinda...)
I'm sure if it were a northern sky object it would be called something like the californian nebula or north america nebula.
Paul M
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30-05-2006, 09:18 PM
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Super shot Tony - 4 mins unguided huh well that shows me the way it might be the answer to my autoguiding worries - don't guide...hmmm.....how long does it take you to get polar aligned well enough for 4 mins unguided?
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30-05-2006, 09:30 PM
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Looks awesome, Tony! Love the strong texture in those clouds.
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30-05-2006, 09:32 PM
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I HATE COMA!
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very very nice tony. ! i like it.
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31-05-2006, 06:39 AM
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still trying
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Great Work Tony
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31-05-2006, 09:40 PM
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oooooh...very nice.
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01-06-2006, 06:16 PM
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sausagemaker to the stars
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As I have mentioned before somewhere I think,
You guy's and Gal's are not Amateurs.
Great shot Tony.
Mike.
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01-06-2006, 06:23 PM
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Member # 159
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by Sausageman
As I have mentioned before somewhere I think,
You guy's and Gal's are not Amateurs.
Great shot Tony.
Mike.
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Oh I rather hope we are, Amateurs - from the French or Latin root - literally a lover of .... certainly describes how I feel about Astronomy, except of course when my freaking mount won't work ... 
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01-06-2006, 06:25 PM
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Good one there Tony.
A star reduction, be nice to see without the reduction as a comparison.
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02-06-2006, 04:06 PM
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Whats visual Astronomy
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I just got back from our 3 night stay in Melboune and first thing I did was turn the computer on...lol
Who said Melbourne was cold...the weather was beatifull...had a great time but glad to be back home.
I will post a comparison image Lester...just give me some time to get organised.
John....My set up is permanantly mounted so it their is no polar or drift aligning..it did take me around 3 months to get it as close as it is now but that was due to my poor drift aligning skills.....thank god I dont have to drift align every time I want to image.
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02-06-2006, 04:39 PM
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by Striker
For those who are intersted in the difference between images with & without star reduction...here is the difference.
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So which one's the one with star reduction ????.....Just kidding. 
Wow what a great result Tony.
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