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Old 02-10-2009, 10:52 PM
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M55

Hi again all

The last of my imaging session from last new moon was a wonderful globular cluster in Sagittarius.


Object: M55 (Sagittarious)

Exposures: 6 minutes x 20 guided

Camera: SXVF-M25c

Telescope: FSQ 106N

Mount: AP600E

Software: AA4 & CS3

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Again I thank all who took an interest
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Old 02-10-2009, 10:56 PM
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Another superb shot Louie. You brought some lovely colors in the processing. Top work.
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Old 02-10-2009, 11:01 PM
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Hey thanks Marc! wasn't really sure and thought I might of pushed It too far.
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Old 02-10-2009, 11:01 PM
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A real nice glob and nicely processed Louie, I like it!
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Superb image, great star colours and well processed. Really lovely work.
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Old 03-10-2009, 11:21 AM
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leinad,Paul,thanks so much guys!
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BIG Louie...... god dam that 's good

I would darken the backround just a tad and ease off on the smoothing/noise reduction and see what it looks like, otherwise it is friggin great mate

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Old 03-10-2009, 05:45 PM
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Hey thanks so much big Mike! back off on global smoothing...lost It's sparkle!time for a repro.
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Old 03-10-2009, 07:12 PM
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Very very nice Louie. All the image attributes ar great as usual. Lovely noise free image. Well worth the effort.
Keep them coming.
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Old 03-10-2009, 07:38 PM
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That is an exceptional image Louie. I enjoyed scanning it for faint fuzzies, and found what looked like a very faint PN to the left of the cluster, looked too round to be a galaxy and too large to be a faint star.

Thanks for the view.
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Old 03-10-2009, 08:17 PM
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Doug,Lester,thanks guys!glad you like It....Lester I can't see It mate,can you point It out?
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Old 04-10-2009, 09:21 AM
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On the left of M55, at about 10 O'clock there is a line of 3 stars; the first is 25mm from M55 (yellow star) the second is 30mm further out (white star) and the third is 30mm further in almost a straight line (yellow star). The grey round object is a further 25mm from the third star, and down slightly from the line of stars. Its diameter is similar to the bright star above M55.

All the best. Thanks again for the view.
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Old 04-10-2009, 04:18 PM
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Great work again Louie... Looks brilliant and sparkling like glitter dropped onto a black board, just as a globular cluster should!
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Very nice, love the star colours.
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Alex and Ken,thanks guys.
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Very very nice Louie.

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Old 05-10-2009, 08:56 PM
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Very nice Louie,
As Mike said, on my monitor it looks like like the background could be darkened just a tad but then again, could just be my monitor
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Greg,Frank,thanks guys.
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