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ASTRO: NGC 3310
I imaged NGC 3310 on January 25 but didn't get enough frames because of
clouds, so I added some more exposures on March 11. NGC 3310 is one of those objects that are hard to display because the core is so much brighter than the halo. Taken from the middle of Berlin with an 8" SCT at f/7, G11 mount, SXV-H9 camera, 42x5 minutes. The picture can also be found at www.slilge.de/temp/3310-42x5gut.jpg Stefan |
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ASTRO: NGC 3310
Stefan Lilge wrote: I imaged NGC 3310 on January 25 but didn't get enough frames because of clouds, so I added some more exposures on March 11. NGC 3310 is one of those objects that are hard to display because the core is so much brighter than the halo. Taken from the middle of Berlin with an 8" SCT at f/7, G11 mount, SXV-H9 camera, 42x5 minutes. The picture can also be found at www.slilge.de/temp/3310-42x5gut.jpg Stefan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Looks a lot sharper than the previous version. Seeing was better too it appears. Now that I have the problem with my frost gradients cured (heaters installed anyway), I should retake it but there are so many other things I've not taken and so few nights (raining for the next week) this time of year I'll have to move on for now. Rick |
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ASTRO: NGC 3310
Rick,
actually the reason why the new version looks sharper is simply that I did some sharpening in software while the old version was essentially a raw picture. I just re-viewed your image of this galaxy and it shows a lot more detail. Stefan "Rick Johnson" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... Stefan Lilge wrote: I imaged NGC 3310 on January 25 but didn't get enough frames because of clouds, so I added some more exposures on March 11. NGC 3310 is one of those objects that are hard to display because the core is so much brighter than the halo. Taken from the middle of Berlin with an 8" SCT at f/7, G11 mount, SXV-H9 camera, 42x5 minutes. The picture can also be found at www.slilge.de/temp/3310-42x5gut.jpg Stefan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Looks a lot sharper than the previous version. Seeing was better too it appears. Now that I have the problem with my frost gradients cured (heaters installed anyway), I should retake it but there are so many other things I've not taken and so few nights (raining for the next week) this time of year I'll have to move on for now. Rick |
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ASTRO: NGC 3310
Not being in the middle of Berlin has some advantages in astro
photography! I can't even fathom how you do so well from there. What is your limiting magnitude at the zenith? Rick Stefan Lilge wrote: Rick, actually the reason why the new version looks sharper is simply that I did some sharpening in software while the old version was essentially a raw picture. I just re-viewed your image of this galaxy and it shows a lot more detail. Stefan "Rick Johnson" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... Stefan Lilge wrote: I imaged NGC 3310 on January 25 but didn't get enough frames because of clouds, so I added some more exposures on March 11. NGC 3310 is one of those objects that are hard to display because the core is so much brighter than the halo. Taken from the middle of Berlin with an 8" SCT at f/7, G11 mount, SXV-H9 camera, 42x5 minutes. The picture can also be found at www.slilge.de/temp/3310-42x5gut.jpg Stefan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Looks a lot sharper than the previous version. Seeing was better too it appears. Now that I have the problem with my frost gradients cured (heaters installed anyway), I should retake it but there are so many other things I've not taken and so few nights (raining for the next week) this time of year I'll have to move on for now. Rick |
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ASTRO: NGC 3310
Rick, I don't really believe in limiting magnitudes as they are as much
dependend on one's eyesight as on the quality of the sky. That said I can see mag 4.2-4.3 stars with averted vision in good nights and with direkt vision in very good nights. I never can see even the slightest hint of the milky way though, not even in the best nights. Stefan "Rick Johnson" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... Not being in the middle of Berlin has some advantages in astro photography! I can't even fathom how you do so well from there. What is your limiting magnitude at the zenith? Rick Stefan Lilge wrote: Rick, actually the reason why the new version looks sharper is simply that I did some sharpening in software while the old version was essentially a raw picture. I just re-viewed your image of this galaxy and it shows a lot more detail. Stefan "Rick Johnson" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... Stefan Lilge wrote: I imaged NGC 3310 on January 25 but didn't get enough frames because of clouds, so I added some more exposures on March 11. NGC 3310 is one of those objects that are hard to display because the core is so much brighter than the halo. Taken from the middle of Berlin with an 8" SCT at f/7, G11 mount, SXV-H9 camera, 42x5 minutes. The picture can also be found at www.slilge.de/temp/3310-42x5gut.jpg Stefan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Looks a lot sharper than the previous version. Seeing was better too it appears. Now that I have the problem with my frost gradients cured (heaters installed anyway), I should retake it but there are so many other things I've not taken and so few nights (raining for the next week) this time of year I'll have to move on for now. Rick |
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ASTRO: NGC 3310
My eye's don't see as faint as they used to. One club member, now a
planetary geologist at Brown University, Pete Schultz, could see 13 Pleiades stars (I struggle to see 6) when we were both in high school. I'd kill for such vision! Still that's about what I expected. I can't begin to process a good image with a moon in the sky yet can still easily see the milky way here well past half moon. But try to process an image taken on the other side of the sky from the moon and I'm lost fighting the fog. Obviously I need lots more frames but still it boggles my mind you do so well from that location. Rick Stefan Lilge wrote: Rick, I don't really believe in limiting magnitudes as they are as much dependend on one's eyesight as on the quality of the sky. That said I can see mag 4.2-4.3 stars with averted vision in good nights and with direkt vision in very good nights. I never can see even the slightest hint of the milky way though, not even in the best nights. Stefan "Rick Johnson" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... Not being in the middle of Berlin has some advantages in astro photography! I can't even fathom how you do so well from there. What is your limiting magnitude at the zenith? Rick Stefan Lilge wrote: Rick, actually the reason why the new version looks sharper is simply that I did some sharpening in software while the old version was essentially a raw picture. I just re-viewed your image of this galaxy and it shows a lot more detail. Stefan "Rick Johnson" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... Stefan Lilge wrote: I imaged NGC 3310 on January 25 but didn't get enough frames because of clouds, so I added some more exposures on March 11. NGC 3310 is one of those objects that are hard to display because the core is so much brighter than the halo. Taken from the middle of Berlin with an 8" SCT at f/7, G11 mount, SXV-H9 camera, 42x5 minutes. The picture can also be found at www.slilge.de/temp/3310-42x5gut.jpg Stefan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Looks a lot sharper than the previous version. Seeing was better too it appears. Now that I have the problem with my frost gradients cured (heaters installed anyway), I should retake it but there are so many other things I've not taken and so few nights (raining for the next week) this time of year I'll have to move on for now. Rick |
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ASTRO: NGC 3310
"Stefan Lilge" wrote
... Rick, I don't really believe in limiting magnitudes as they are as much dependend on one's eyesight as on the quality of the sky. That said I can see mag 4.2-4.3 stars with averted vision in good nights and with direkt vision in very good nights. I never can see even the slightest hint of the milky way though, not even in the best nights. Two weeks ago in Orlando Florida (just west of the airport) on several clear nights I could see Venus....... that's it!! From my camp on Indian Lake NY I can make out the Milky Way under full moon and M-33 is a naked-eye object on a good dark night. Even the reflection of the Milky Way on the lake is bright! Unfortunately, for the first time in 25 years, there is a slight light dome in the southwest!! One unusual 'observing aid' needed is a firearm since the local wildlife (bears, lynx, coyotes) might consider astronomers a good midnight snack. George N |
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ASTRO: NGC 3310
"Stefan Lilge" wrote .... I imaged NGC 3310...... Lots of fine detail in that image Stefan! I'll have to add this one to my 'target list' for both CCD and visual. George N |
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ASTRO: NGC 3310
Stefan amazing again!
Nice shot. dirk "Stefan Lilge" wrote in message ... I imaged NGC 3310 on January 25 but didn't get enough frames because of clouds, so I added some more exposures on March 11. NGC 3310 is one of those objects that are hard to display because the core is so much brighter than the halo. Taken from the middle of Berlin with an 8" SCT at f/7, G11 mount, SXV-H9 camera, 42x5 minutes. The picture can also be found at www.slilge.de/temp/3310-42x5gut.jpg Stefan |
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