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Offline Astrovirus

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NGC7023;The Iris Nebula, from Die in Southern France
« on: August 02, 2011, 05:56:50 AM »
Enjoying a very nice and warm vacation to the South of France, Die to be exact. Clear night after clear night. Despite my second night was spoiled by technical issues with guiding I did produce this image of The Iris Nebula on my first night out

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Telescope: Skywatcher 8" newton @ f/5
Mount: Skywatcher NEQ6-pro/CdC/EQmod
Camera: Canon 350D Baader ACF self-modded
Guiding: QHY5/9x50 finder guider via PHD
Filters: MPCC
Exposure: 38 x 5min. (3 hrs 10 min), 18 darks at 18.5
« Last Edit: August 02, 2011, 08:48:08 AM by Astrovirus »
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Re: NGC7023;The Irsi Nebula, from Die in Southern France
« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2011, 06:11:22 AM »
Nice capture Tim! Great depth and color, focus and tracking look right on...

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Re: NGC7023;The Irsi Nebula, from Die in Southern France
« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2011, 07:03:12 AM »
Looks real nice Tim. Enjoy vaca.
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Re: NGC7023;The Irsi Nebula, from Die in Southern France
« Reply #3 on: August 02, 2011, 07:04:56 AM »
Looks great Tim not an easy subject to do

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Re: NGC7023;The Irsi Nebula, from Die in Southern France
« Reply #4 on: August 02, 2011, 07:31:52 AM »
Really nice capture Tim!  We've talked about giving this one a go, but too many people fail on it in LP'd skies
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Re: NGC7023;The Irsi Nebula, from Die in Southern France
« Reply #5 on: August 02, 2011, 08:02:23 AM »
A very nice result on a very difficult object.
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Re: NGC7023;The Iris Nebula, from Die in Southern France
« Reply #6 on: August 02, 2011, 09:52:44 PM »
Ya worth the trip for sure , must be great skies.
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Re: NGC7023;The Iris Nebula, from Die in Southern France
« Reply #7 on: August 03, 2011, 10:16:29 AM »
Very nice Tim, this is one of my favorite targets!
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