M45 and Merope Nebula IC 349

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urbanastro

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« on: January 25, 2009, 11:33:49 am »

Here is M45 open cluster with the Merope Nebula IC 349, altogether 2 hours exposure with 24 x 5min subs on a Canon 40D fitted with cls clip-in filter on a Takahashi 180ED:

http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/6401672_oJTsN#460362143_gvPwV-A-LB

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malcolm


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Paul

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« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2009, 12:35:39 pm »

Beautiful shot Malcolm! Are the diffraction spikes a feature of the Takahashi or added in software?


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urbanastro

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« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2009, 12:52:49 pm »

Thanks Paul. The Tak 180ED has vanes to hold the secondary mirror, hence the spikes.

Malcolm


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« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2009, 01:17:37 pm »

That is a beautiful image Malcom! Such wonderful nebulosity. I can see it takes a lot of work to get an image like that. Great stuff.


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