Stefan Lilge wrote:

Conditions were not good enough for faint stuff in two recent nights
with an almost closed cover of thin clouds (the clouds were only in the
region around Berlin of course, about 80% of germany had clear skies).
To my amazement the clouds did not destroy the pictures completely, they
"just" raised the background level by about 50%, so I imaged NGC 2903.

Taken from the middle of Berlin with a C8 at f/7 on a G11 mount, SXV-H9
camera, 47x5 minutes.

The image can also be found at
http://www.slilge.de/temp/2903-47x5gut.jpg

Stefan

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You have my high clouds I see. I'm glad they left me but they weren't
under orders to head to Berlin!

Odd, but I reimaged 2903 a couple weeks ago (last time was by the 6"
f/4. I'm finding too much blue in the dust lanes. Not sure why. Going
to try again on it before posting. Think you have more detail than I
got though, without the clouds and light pollution, I picked up more of
the outer arms.

Last night started good but half way through the color frames of my
first shot fog rolled in putting an end to the evening. Forecast is for
more of the same tonight. Maybe I can get time to finish the color.
Hope the fog gods aren't on usenet. If the fog does return I'll work on
2903 and see if I can get something worth posting.

Rick
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