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ASTRO: first CCD image??
I guess it's lost in the mists of time, but the attached image of M-51 is
certainly one of the first CCD images I took in March or April 1993. This was probably about a 5 minute exposure. It was done with an SBIG ST-6 (still works!!) and the same scope I still take most of my images with, the Kopernik Obs's OGS 20-inch F/8 RC Cass. I suppose that I could improve this with more "modern" processing methods. George N |
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ASTRO: first CCD image??
George Normandin wrote: I guess it's lost in the mists of time, but the attached image of M-51 is certainly one of the first CCD images I took in March or April 1993. This was probably about a 5 minute exposure. It was done with an SBIG ST-6 (still works!!) and the same scope I still take most of my images with, the Kopernik Obs's OGS 20-inch F/8 RC Cass. I suppose that I could improve this with more "modern" processing methods. George N Makes my first shot of M46 and a hint of the planetary look rather sick. But I did take M51 in early May of 2006 only a couple weeks after the M46 shot and by then I was getting the knack of it. This is the ST-7 with the 6" f/4 that can't hold collimation for 5 minutes. Secondary is too heavy for the spider and nearly deceased upper end of fiberglass tube. It was processed only with AIM4Windows and Photoshop Elements V1.0 using Fits Liberator plug in that isn't supposed to work with version 1.0, only 2.0 and later. Menus don't work right but you can make it work. Rick -- Correct domain name is arvig and it is net not com. Prefix is correct. Third character is a zero rather than a capital "Oh". |
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