nice one Ray!
thanks for sharing.
Robert.
>Hi Everyone,
>
>Here are the other two images that I just finished composing from the
>first-light
>night with my ST-8E and new 10" RCOS R-C. I have been soooo swamped with
>work that
>I didn't have a chance until tonight to finish them. Again, the seeing was
>only fair but
>transparency was good from the mag 4.5 skies in my San Jose, CA backyard,
>from which
>these images were taken.
>
>http://www.gralak.com/Astro/M27-LRGB-RCOS.jpg
>
>Lum- 35 minutes (unbinned)
>RGB - 15 minutes each (2x2 binned)
>
>My new M57 image is similar in quality to my recent collaboration with
>Bobby Middlefield.
>I still like the colors slightly better in that image, but this is an all
>CCD image
>with a bonus... IC1296 (enhanced a little... maybe a little too much???)
>
>Detail is also similar but I'm hoping I'll get a night of really good
>seeing soon
>so I can improve the resolution.
>
>http://www.gralak.com/Astro/M57-NGC1296-LRGB-RCOS.jpg
>
>Lum - 35 Minutes (unbinned)
>RGB - 21 minutes each (unbinned)
>
>By the way, I didn't use my AO-7 for either image. I was trying to make it
>simple
>the first night out! <g>
>
>Take care,
>
>-Ray Gralak
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