Thanks Robin,
I quite enjoy the challenge of these 'wide-field' shots, I think they suit
my scope (750mm FL) and it's nice to see the wider picture emerge from all
the little frames. One day I'll get round to computerising my scope, then I
could set it up to scan the area automatically while I keep warm inside...
Jon.
<em class="quotelev1">> -----Original Message-----
<em class="quotelev1">> From: niborl2000 [mailto:robin_at_leadbeaterhome.fsnet.co.uk]
<em class="quotelev1">> Sent: 07 April 2003 12:00
<em class="quotelev1">> To: QCUIAG_at_yahoogroups.com
<em class="quotelev1">> Subject: [QCUIAG] [CONGRATS]Re: 'Leo Trio' mosaic
<em class="quotelev1">>
<em class="quotelev1">>
<em class="quotelev1">> Hi Jon,
<em class="quotelev1">>
<em class="quotelev1">> Another superb 'megapixel' image. Great stuff!
<em class="quotelev1">>
<em class="quotelev1">> There seem to be almost star free dark lanes between the galaxies. No
<em class="quotelev1">> wonder you risked getting lost.
<em class="quotelev1">>
<em class="quotelev1">> Robin
<em class="quotelev1">>
<em class="quotelev1">> --- In QCUIAG_at_yahoogroups.com, Jon Grove <JGrove_at_S...> wrote:
<em class="quotelev2">> > Hi All,
<em class="quotelev2">> >
<em class="quotelev2">> > Here's a mosaic I made on Saturday, of the 'Leo Trio' - three
<em class="quotelev1">> galaxies, M65,
<em class="quotelev2">> > M66 and NGC3628. The mosaic is made from 110x10s exposures, taken
<em class="quotelev1">> with the
<em class="quotelev2">> > 1004x in 2x1 binned mode at prime focus of my 6" F/5 Newtonian.
<em class="quotelev1">> Preprocessed
<em class="quotelev2">> > with AVIDark, mosaic made with iMerge, rotated, cropped and final
<em class="quotelev1">> processing
<em class="quotelev2">> > in PaintshopPro.
<em class="quotelev2">> >
<em class="quotelev2">> > All the panning around for the mosaic was done manually, and I was
<em class="quotelev1">> worried
<em class="quotelev2">> > about getting 'lost' in the area between the galaxies where there
<em class="quotelev1">> were not
<em class="quotelev2">> > many stars. Fortunately it all fitted together OK in the end! I
<em class="quotelev1">> think longer
<em class="quotelev2">> > exposures would have helped to improve the s/n ratio, but on the
<em class="quotelev1">> whole I'm
<em class="quotelev2">> > pretty happy with this image.
<em class="quotelev2">> >
<em class="quotelev2">> > Clear Skies,
<em class="quotelev2">> > Jon.
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