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16 years 4 months ago #72591 by woodwizard
M31 Finally was created by woodwizard
M31 taken 9-1. 45 - 4 min subs 3 hours total. No Darks or Flats
Imaged with :
Orion 102ED
Modded Canon 350D with Peltier Cooling
IDAS - LPS-P2 Filter
Baader UV/IR Filter
William Optics .8 Flattener III
Guided with:
Orion ED80
Orion AutoGuider
G-11 Gemini 4

I have to redo polar alignment as i have some field rotation.

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16 years 4 months ago #72594 by dave_lillis
Replied by dave_lillis on topic Re:M31 Finally
Thats a grand image Tom,
I really like the dust lanes.
do you have an off site link to a higher res image ?
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16 years 4 months ago #72603 by woodwizard
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Thanks Dave for the comments. I do have my site listed in my signature but I haven't posted this there yet in a higher resoulution. Hope to be doing so. I usually wait till I have a number things to upload.
Tom
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16 years 4 months ago - 16 years 4 months ago #72620 by woodwizard
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Reprocessed, pulled more out of the dust lanes but blew out core.

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Backyard Roll off roof Observatory
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Meade LX200GPS 14"er
Losmandy G11/Gemini modified
Meade AR-6
Orion ED 80, 2 - 102 ED and XT-10
Canon 350D Hutech modified
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16 years 4 months ago #72630 by lunartic_old
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Lovely image Tom, you managed to extract fine details in the dust lanes.

Do I see dust lanes in M32?
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16 years 3 months ago #72664 by eansbro
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Tom,

A beautiful hi res image. The dust lanes are very apparent within the main part of the structure. A difficult image to process without over saturating the core. Well done!

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