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March 2008

M82 and M83

Posted: March 23rd, 2008


Original size: 977x651

DATE
March 23rd, 2008

PHOTO
Exposure: 6 x 2 minutes
Focal: 540mm, f/5.2

EQUIPMENT
Imaging Scope: Televue NP101is
Camera:Canon 400D Stock (unmodified)
Guide camera: None
Guide scope: None
Mount: Takahashi EM-400

SITE & CONDITIONS
Fremont Peak, CA
Seeing: Good
Transparency: Excellent

SOFTWARE
Stacking: None
Processing: Photoshop

AUTHOR
Rogelio Bernal Andreo

COMMENTS
This was my "first night out" with the EM400 and the NP101. Since I wasn't guiding and wasn't sure how long the EM400 would track without creating trailing stars I kept exposures extremely short. Despite the very little light gathered, the image came out somewhat ok.

The Moon

Posted: March 11th, 2008


Original size: 1474x1092

DATE
March 11th, 2008

EQUIPMENT
Imaging Scope: Celestron C11
Camera:Canon 400D Stock (unmodified)
Guide camera: None
Guide scope: None
Mount: Takahashi EM-400

SITE & CONDITIONS
My backyard, CA
Seeing: Bad
Transparency: Ok

SOFTWARE
Stacking: None
Processing: Photoshop

COMMENTS
This image of the moon is actually a mosaic of three separate images (the native focal lenght of the C11 just isn't able to capture a whole moon), and there really isn't much more to tell about it.

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