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26-02-2012, 03:36 PM
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Rho Ophiuchus Antares
This one captured early morning at Snake Valley.
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26-02-2012, 04:53 PM
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Very detailed Rowland. Pops out at you. Composition is good as well.
26-02-2012, 05:01 PM
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Very nice, Rowland. You captured the dust well!
26-02-2012, 05:07 PM
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Thanks Craig. The cooling system comprises a copper finger in contact with the back of the CMOS sensor. A Peltier module/heat sink, fan and pulse width modulation supplied by a microprocessor provides temp control down to 30C below ambient.
26-02-2012, 05:11 PM
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Looks very nice Rowland
26-02-2012, 05:16 PM
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Thanks Rick and Martin.
26-02-2012, 05:29 PM
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Very nice Rowland,
26-02-2012, 07:14 PM
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Beautiful! I love this time of year, you can shoot a little bit of everything. (if you can actually see the sky for clouds lol)
26-02-2012, 07:52 PM
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Very nice view Rowland, thanks.
26-02-2012, 08:00 PM
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Thanks Ken Jen and Lester. It is a great time if you are prepared to stay up.
26-02-2012, 08:00 PM
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Nice I also pictured this last night. Not as large as your very nice pic but is is OK.
11 frames each 1 minute, 40d + 85mm / 1.8 squeezed to f/2.2 @ ISO 1600 stacked with DSS and enhanced by Photoshop.
Last night 04:00 (UTC+8) from Sanur, Bali.
http://sky.velp.info/skypics3/large2...es-rho-oph.jpg
26-02-2012, 08:13 PM
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That is very nice. FOV is terrific. The loop of dust around the back is stunning. I think 200mm is too much for this area.
26-02-2012, 09:02 PM
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Love the colours rowland. Nice!
26-02-2012, 10:16 PM
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Fantastic result Rowland
It's nice to see the finished product
26-02-2012, 10:38 PM
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Nice result Rowland!
26-02-2012, 11:14 PM
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Wow! looks pretty cool that Rowland, some great contrasts and colours there and I like the orientation of the framing too.
Not exactly a traditional rendition but it made
me go wow
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27-02-2012, 07:17 AM
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27-02-2012, 08:34 AM
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Done very well there Rowland! You'd have to be very happy with that!
27-02-2012, 11:45 AM
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Thanks Paul, Ken, Malcolm, Mike, Marc, Darren.
01-03-2012, 06:44 PM
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A beautiful photo Rowland.
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Beautiful! I love this time of year, you can shoot a little bit of everything. (if you can actually see the sky for clouds lol)
So much color but yet smooth and detailed. Very very cool. 
