That is a very striking image!! The color and detail in the arms is
fascinating.
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Phil Chambers [ptchamb@No-Spam] (S.F. Bay Area - Calif. USA)
On Sat, 20 Oct 2001, Richard Crisp wrote:
> A couple of weeks ago I posted a link to a
> first-light image I had taken of M33 through my
> new (to me) Tak FSQ106. The night the image was
> taken had a lot of moon and there was also a lot
> of humidity.
>
> Over the past two evenings, I have managed to take
> the necessary components to create another M33
> image. This one was taken using the Extender-Q
> focal length extender so as to better fill the
> frame of the ST7E CCD Camera.
>
> I'm happy to say that this image is better than
> the first one. By the way, the reason I was
> watching the weather so closely the past two
> nights is because I was working on this puppy.
>
> M33 is like a jewel-box full of color! Jim
> Feldhouse had mentioned to me that there were
> several nice nebulae in M33 and one (in the lower
> left of the image, near the edge) is like an M33's
> Orion Nebula.
>
> http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/rdcrisp/vwp?.dir=/ccd_astro&.dnm=M33+Tak+FSQ106+w+Extender+Q.jpg&.src=ph&.view=t&.hires=t
>
> I'm rather enjoying the backyard imaging. Nice to
> be able to go inside and warm up while those
> hour-long images are exposing. Now if I can just
> automate it like Ray Gralak has done, then I can
> actually sleep at night!
> rdc
>
> --
> Richard Crisp
> rdcrisp@No-Spam
>
>
>
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