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Phil Chambers [ptchamb@No-Spam] (S.F. Bay Area - Calif. USA)
On Tue, 6 Jun 1999, Robert Leyland wrote:
> Ooh, ooh, beauty...
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> nice one Ray!
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> thanks for sharing.
> Robert.
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> >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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>
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> rleyland@No-Spam ...................... leyland@bigape.com
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