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I’ve always wanted to go after this one and while the site I use really isn’t dark enough for this sort of work I decided to have a go at it anyways. I also noticed that my T3 has the dark line under bright stars problem! I always use 1600 ISO but for this image [...]

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Did this over two nights with excellent conditions. Wish I had more aperture and a longer focal length for it but I think I got some detail. Image Location and Date: SDAA dark site @ Tierra Del Sol, CA Object: NGC4565 Mount: Orion Atlas EQ-G Imaging scope: Omni XLT 150mm Newtonian Imaging FL: 750mm Imaging [...]

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This is always a fun target, good test to see how deep I can push the new camera. Pretty damn deep it looks like! You can easily pick out M 84, Ic 3303, Ngc 4387, Ngc 4388, Ngc 4402 , M 86, Ngc 4407, Ngc 4425, Ngc 4435, Ngc 4438, Ngc 4461, Ngc 4473, Ngc [...]

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Image Location and Date: OCA dark sky site in Anza, CA on February 17th, 2012 Object: Leo Triplet. M65, M66 and NGC3628 Mount: Orion Atlas EQ-G Imaging scope: Omni XLT 150mm Newtonian Imaging FL: 750mm Imaging focal ratio: f5 Imaging camera: Canon 1100D (Rebel T3) Unmodified Lights: 28x300sec @ ISO 1600 Calibration: Darks, flats Guide [...]

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Image Location and Date: SDAA dark sky site at Tierra Del Sol on November 28th, 2011 Object: M33 Galaxy Mount: Orion Atlas EQ-G Imaging scope: Omni XLT 150mm Newtonian Imaging FL: 750mm Imaging focal ratio: f5 Imaging camera: Modified Canon 350D Lights: 15 x 600sec @ ISO 800 (2.5 hours) Calibration: Darks, Flats Guide scope: [...]

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This one was very very tough. I had some very bad gradients from light pollution, upper atmosphere clouds and a red LED that somehow leaked light into the scope causing some nasty images in the core frame. I’m not sure if I’m happy with the colors or not so I may come back to this [...]

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Check it out! It’s REALLY bright, I could easily see it in my 8″ scope. It’s near the horizon right now so I couldn’t get a great picture of the galaxy, sorry. Image Location and Date: SDAA site @ Tierra Del Sol on September 24th, 2011 Object: M101, SN2011fe Mount: Orion Atlas EQ-G Imaging scope: [...]

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Image Location and Date: Tierra Del Sol (SDAA Dark Site) on August 30th, 2011 Object: M31 Andromeda Galaxy Mount: CG5GT Imaging scope: 300mm Tair-3c lens Imaging FL: 300mm Imaging focal ratio: f5.6 Imaging camera: Modified Canon 350D Lights: 55 x 300sec @ ISO 800 (4 Hour 35 Minutes) Calibration: Darks Guide scope: Antares 8×50mm finder [...]

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Image Location and Date: San Diego Astronomy Association Dark Sky Site @ Tierra Del Sol, March 5th 2011. Object: M101 Pinwheel Galaxy Mount: CG5GT Imaging scope: Omni XLT 150 Newtonian Imaging FL: 750mm Imaging focal ratio: f5 Imaging camera: unmodified Nikon D60 Lights: 25 x 300sec ISO 800 (2 Hours 5 Minutes) Calibration: Darks. Guide [...]

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Image Location and Date: San Diego Astronomy Association Dark Sky Site @ Tierra Del Sol, March 5th 2011. Object: Virgo Cluster Mount: CG5GT Imaging scope: Omni XLT 150 Newtonian Imaging FL: 750mm Imaging focal ratio: f5 Imaging camera: unmodified Nikon D60 Lights: 2 x 900sec ISO 800 (30 Minutes) Calibration: Darks. Guide scope: Antares 8×50mm [...]

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Image Location and Date: Joshua Tree National Park, Indian Cove Campground September 10th 2010 Object: M33 Galaxy in Triangulum Mount: CG5GT Imaging scope: Omni XLT 150 Newtonian Imaging FL: 750mm Imaging focal ratio: f5 Imaging camera: unmodified Nikon D60 Lights: 60 x 120sec ISO 3200 (3 hours) Calibration: Darks, flats. Guide scope: Antares 8×50mm finder [...]

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Image Location and Date: Tierra Del Sol on May 15th, 2010 Object: Virgo Galaxy Cluster Mount: CG5GT Imaging scope: Omni XLT 150 Newtonian Imaging FL: 750mm Imaging focal ratio: f5 Imaging camera: unmodified Nikon D60 Lights: 30 x 180 sec ISO 3200 (1.5 Hours) Calibration: Darks, flats. Guide scope: Antares 8×50mm finder with Orion StarShoot [...]

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Image Location and Date: San Juan Capistrano on April 06, 2010 Object: NGC4565 Edge On Spiral Galaxy Mount: CG5GT Imaging scope: Omni XLT 150 Newtonian Imaging FL: 750mm Imaging focal ratio: f5 Imaging camera: unmodified Nikon D60 Lights: 30 x 60 sec ISO 3200 (30min) Calibration: Darks, No flats. Guide scope: Antares 8×50mm finder with [...]

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Image Location and Date: SDAA site at Tierra Del Sol on February 13th Object: M106 Sombrero Galaxy in Virgo Mount: CG5GT Imaging scope: Omni XLT 150 Newtonian Imaging FL: 750mm Imaging focal ratio: f5 Imaging camera: unmodified Nikon D60 Lights: 4 x 300 sec ISO 3200 (20min) Calibration: Darks and Flats Guide scope: Antares 8×50mm [...]

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Image Location and Date: SDAA site at Tierra Del Sol on February 13th Object: M81 and M82 Galaxy in Ursa Major Mount: CG5GT Imaging scope: Omni XLT 150 Newtonian Imaging FL: 750mm Imaging focal ratio: f5 Imaging camera: unmodified Nikon D60 Lights: 8 x 300 sec ISO 3200 (40min) Calibration: None Guide scope: Antares 8×50mm [...]

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Image Location and Date: SDAA site at Tierra Del Sol on February 13th Object: M51 Galaxy in Ursa Major Mount: CG5GT Imaging scope: Omni XLT 150 Newtonian Imaging FL: 750mm Imaging focal ratio: f5 Imaging camera: unmodified Nikon D60 Lights: 10 x 180 sec ISO 3200 (30min) Calibration: None Guide scope: Antares 8x50mm finder with [...]

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Image Location and Date: Palomar Mountain… turnout on east grade road. January 10th 2010 Object: M31 Andromeda Galaxy in Andromeda Mount: CG4 Imaging scope: Omni XLT 150 Newtonian Imaging FL: 750mm Imaging focal ratio: f5 Imaging camera: unmodified Nikon D60 Lights: 20 x 120 sec ISO 3200 (40min) Calibration: None Guide scope: Antares 8×50mm finder [...]

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