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Old 27-11-2006, 01:08 AM
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M42 and NGC 1977
Couldn't resist posting this after seeing Striker's 1st shot of same object with his new CCD setup. I bought his IDAS LPS filter when he sold his DSLR gear this is my 1st photo using it. It's burnt out around the trapezium, but as one of my first attempts at a guided exposures, I was quite pleased.

Taken from suburban Adelaide. 8 x 5 min with darks subtracted. 102mm refractor at f8
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Old 27-11-2006, 01:16 AM
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Hooly-Dooly Graeme, That is a fantastic shot!

Nothing wrong with the guiding either. Nice round stars!!!!!!!

Keep posting pics! I wanna see what amazing images you come up with when you are familiar with the new gear.
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Old 27-11-2006, 06:05 AM
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WOW That's a ripper! Incredible shot. I'd love to get something like that one day (when I get an EQ6 and an ED80 )
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Old 27-11-2006, 07:24 AM
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Excellent shot Graeme!
well done.

We could start a new forum in IIS: "the Striker legacy"
hahahah
see the same image target I posted a few days back with Tony's DSLR
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/a...9&d=1164419742

well done and keep them comin'
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Old 27-11-2006, 07:55 AM
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We could start a new forum in IIS: "the Striker legacy"
...or "Heavenly Hand-me-downs"

Forgot to say camera was an unmodded Canon 350D.
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Old 27-11-2006, 08:35 AM
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Thats a beauty Graeme.
You must be thrilled.

Awesome effort.

The IDAS is definetly a great filter.

hahaha striker Legacy.....lol
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Old 27-11-2006, 03:56 PM
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Very nice Graeme, thats a great first image with the new gear. The Running man has imaged very nicely indeed.

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Old 27-11-2006, 04:10 PM
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Nice shot Greame,I like the soft colours.
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Old 27-11-2006, 04:51 PM
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thats a ripper of a shot

well done
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Very well composed Graeme. Nice work.
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Old 27-11-2006, 05:10 PM
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Thanks for the comments, everyone. This is my 100th post on IIS!

After a year of mainly webcam planet photography, I'm slowly getting my head around the mysteries of camera control and focussing, and now autoguiding. Cables hanging off the telescope everywhere. Who'd have thought deepsky photography would be this complicated?
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Old 27-11-2006, 06:34 PM
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It's the "Dark Arts" Graeme

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More beautiful detail captured - excellent image.

Cheers Petra
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Graeme,

That truly is a beautiful work of art.

It seriously looks like an oil painting.

I love it.

Well done.

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