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deep space images
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| date: | sept. 27th 2003 |
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| equipment: | the canon eos 10d with my new 200mm f/1.8 lens, mounted on the vixen gp-dx. |
| notes: | the andromeda galaxy. this one turned out pretty good i think. i stacked 35 thirty second exposures at iso 400. all frames stacked in registax 2. then i enhanced color and contrast in photoshop. |
| date: | sept. 5th 2003 |
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| equipment: | the canon eos 10d with an 85mm f/1.8 lens, and the vixen in prime focus. |
| notes: | the andromeda galaxy and surrounding parts. the first image was taken with the canon and the 85mm f/1.8 lens mounted on the gpdx. exposure time 30 secs, iso 400. the approximate diagonal size is 18 degrees. the second image was taken with the canon mounted in the vixen's prime focus. 30 seconds exposure time at iso 400. only the third image on the first row has been enhanced in any way. The images marked XL are very large (3072x2048 pixels) |
| date: | sept. 5th 2003 |
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| equipment: | the canon eos 10d with an 85mm f/1.8 lens |
| notes: | The two open clusters ngc 884 and ngc 869. They are located just below cassiopeia, and easily visible with the naked eye on a good night. |
| date: | march 2003. |
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| equipment: | the minolta sr-t 100x and the vixen at prime focus. |
| notes: | m42. fuji iso 400 dias film. the "blue" sky has been subtracted using photoshop. this is by far a new record for me and m42: focus is ok, and the polar alignment seems to be perfect. |
| date: | february 19th 2003. |
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| equipment: | the minolta sr-t 100x and the vixen at prime focus. |
| notes: | m42. fuji iso 400 dias film. 5 minute exposure. with the moon in the horizon, 5 minutes is too much. the sky get lit up and the contrast drops dramatically. this image has been enhanced in photoshop using some of rob gendler's techniques. |
| date: | october 2002. |
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| equipment: | the minolta sr-t 100x and the vixen at prime focus. |
| notes: | m42. kodak iso 400 dias film. 2 minute exposure. my first picture of the m42, sadly its out of focus. |
| date: | august 13th 2002. |
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| equipment: | the minolta sr-t 100x and the vixen at prime focus. |
| notes: | ngc 884 and ngc 869 . fuji-color chrome iso 400 dias film. 1 minute exposure. pretty ok image, except for a clumpsy little telescope-nudge by myself. |
| date: | august 13th 2002. |
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| equipment: | the minolta sr-t 100x and the vixen at prime focus. |
| notes: | m31. fuji-color chrome iso 400 dias film. my first picture of the andromeda galaxy. this is a 1 minute exposure, but it aparently needs a whole lot more, or perhaps multiple images and stacking. |
| date: | may 2002. |
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| equipment: | the minolta sr-t 100x and the vixen at prime focus. |
| notes: | m57. cheap fuji-color iso 400 dias film. scanned with a very old scanner. about 1.5 minute exposure time. |
| date: | may 2002. |
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| equipment: | the minolta sr-t 100x and the vixen at prime focus. |
| notes: | m13. cheap fuji-color iso 400 dias film. scanned with a very old scanner. about 1.5 minute exposure time. |
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