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22-12-2005, 10:17 AM
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A time for clusters
Well with the moon hanging around I decided It would be nice to shoot some open clusters . Here is a 3 minute shot of M46 and NGC 2438 clearly visible in the consterlation of Puppis .
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22-12-2005, 10:44 AM
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great shot louie. its good to see some images coming from you again
22-12-2005, 10:47 AM
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Thanks Dave,Its been such a long time between shots that when I setup my gear again I struggle to remember what to do !
22-12-2005, 12:59 PM
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Beautiful image Louie, like ving said it's great to see your images again.
22-12-2005, 01:02 PM
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Hey Louie, that's M46! It should go in the December challenge objects threads!
Beautiful image of a nice cluster, Louie. Very good representation of what we see at the eyepiece! well done.
Was this with your skywatcher? What camera?
22-12-2005, 01:12 PM
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EDIT: I just noticed: -approx in the middle of the image a purple "bubble", is that a planetary neb?
sure is a planetary
22-12-2005, 01:22 PM
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yeh RB, it's NGC2438.
22-12-2005, 04:53 PM
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Thanks for the info David and Mike.
22-12-2005, 05:24 PM
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Well done Louie....That little Planetary looks very nice with that cluster.
22-12-2005, 05:32 PM
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Thanks David,Andrew,Mike and Tony , Yes Mike I should of put It in the December Challenge objests sorry dude !
22-12-2005, 09:56 PM
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Great shot Louie! I discovered the M46 and planetary "double" at SPSP in 2005. It is beautiful as a viewing object too! One of my favourites.
22-12-2005, 10:18 PM
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nice shot...esp like the colour in the PN
nice to see someone getting out there with the gear..my last image was on Oct 2
22-12-2005, 10:25 PM
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Beautiful image Louie, like ving said it's great to see your images again.
Yes Andrew thats the one bubble gum !
22-12-2005, 10:29 PM
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Thanks Rod and Narayan ! It is a beautiful cluster to view Rod , and Narayan you must be having withdrawals by now mate ! The moon ruins DSO's thats why I decided to shoot some clusters, though gradients are still a problem .
22-12-2005, 10:33 PM
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BTW Louie, your namesake (toy poodle called Louis) arrived yesterday. It goes without saying that he is a very handsome young pooch.....
22-12-2005, 10:37 PM
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BTW Louie, your namesake (toy poodle called Louis) arrived yesterday. It goes without saying that he is a very handsome young pooch.....
23-12-2005, 06:04 AM
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Did you pick it up from bankstown?
23-12-2005, 08:23 PM
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