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M82 - Galaxy Captured 3/8/03 Meade LX200 8" F5 + ST-237A CCD @ -13 deg. Equatorial mode Super Wedge 60 1 min Luminance exposures and 30 1 min Bin 1x1 RGB exposures were captured with CCDSoft. Reduced with Darks in CCDSoft. Registered and combined with AIP4Win. Brightness, Contrast adjustments and Unsharp Mask in PhotoShop. Click on the image to see the full size version. |
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M82 - Bode's Galaxy Captured 3/15/03 Meade LX200 8" F3.3 + ST-237A CCD @ -15 deg. Equatorial mode Super Wedge 90 1 min Luminance exposures were captured with CCDSoft. Reduced with Darks in CCDSoft. Registered and combined with AIP4Win. Brightness, Contrast adjustments and Unsharp Mask in PhotoShop. The first quarter Moon was present for the entire exosure. The color data was unusable. I guess this is a lesson in why not to image when the Moon is present. Click on the image to see the full size version. |
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NGC891 - Galaxy Captured 9/2/02 Meade LX200 8" F3.3 + ST-237A CCD @ 0 deg. Equatorial mode Super Wedge 84 1 min Luminance exposures and 25 1 min Bin 1x1 RGB exposures were captured with CCDSoft. Reduced with Darks in CCDSoft. Registered and combined with AIP4Win. Brightness, Contrast adjustments and Unsharp Mask in PhotoShop. Click on the image to see the full size version. |
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NGC6946 - Galaxy Captured 8/24/02 Meade LX200 8" F3.3 + ST-237A CCD @ 0 deg. Equatorial mode Super Wedge 60 1 min Luminance exposures and 20 1 min Bin 1x1 RGB exposures were captured with CCDSoft. Reduced with Darks in CCDSoft. Registered and combined with AIP4Win. Brightness, Contrast adjustments and Unsharp Mask in PhotoShop. This is a faint 7th mag. Galaxy. A difficult subject from the city. Click on the image to see the full size version. |
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M31 - Andromeda Galaxy Captured 8/4/02 Meade LX200 8" F5 + ST-237A CCD @ 0 deg. Equatorial mode Super Wedge 60 1 min Luminance exposures and 20 1 min Bin 1x1 RGB exposures were captured with CCDSoft. Reduced with Darks in CCDSoft. Registered and combined with AIP4Win. Brightness, Contrast adjustments and Unsharp Mask in PhotoShop. This is a lesson in the effects of no planning on the field of view when imaging. The F5 field of view is much too small to capture the scale of M31 with the 8" LX200. Only the central core and interveining dust lane is visible in this image. Click on the image to see the full size version. |
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M51 - Galaxy Captured 6/15/02 Meade LX200 8" F3 + ST-237A CCD @ 0 deg. Equatorial mode 90 60 sec exposures were captured with CCDSoft. Reduced with Bias, Flats, Darks in CCDSoft. Registered and combined with AIP4Win. Brightness, Contrast adjustments and Unsharp Mask in PhotoShop. Click on the image to see the full size version. |
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M104 - The Sombrero Galaxy Captured 4/12/02 Meade LX200 8" F3 + ST-237A CCD Equatorial mode 30 30 sec exposures were captured with CCDOPS in Track & Accumulate Mode. Dark subtraction and Brightness/Contrast adjustments in CCDOPS. Click on the image to see the full size version. |
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M82 - Galaxy Captured 4/12/02 Meade LX200 8" F3 + ST-237A CCD Equatorial mode 30 30 sec exposures were captured with CCDOPS in Track & Accumulate Mode. Dark subtraction and Brightness/Contrast adjustments in CCDOPS. Click on the image to see the full size version. |