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Astronomy => Astrophotography => Topic started by: A.S.I.G.N_Baz on Feb 21, 2009, 05:05:01

Title: Two from deep space last night
Post by: A.S.I.G.N_Baz on Feb 21, 2009, 05:05:01
Hi all,

Last night was a beautiful night for it, so I spent some hours on these.

The lagoon nebula:
10 x 10 minute exposures - total 100 minutes.
5 x 10 minute dark frames removed.

The Tarantula Nebula:
10 x 60 second exposures
5 x 30 second exposures,
5 x 10 second exposures - total 9 min 20 sec.
Matching dark frames removed.

Skywatcher Black Diamond ED 120mm APO
Orion Starshoot III deep space color imager
Autoguiding with Skywatcher ED80mm APO and Orion Starshoot Autoguider

More on my images gallery.
http://www.asignobservatory.com/astrophotography/image_gallery/nebulae.aspx

Baz.
(http://i42.tinypic.com/2qlyj43.jpg)
(http://i42.tinypic.com/25tgple.jpg)
Title: Re: Two from deep space last night
Post by: Carole on Feb 22, 2009, 19:57:35
Nice to see some southern hemisphere images Baz.  I can see why it's called the Tarantula.

Keep them coming.

Carole