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10/16/07

M42 - Great Orion Nebula
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Kitt Peak, Tucson, AZ

5 minute exposure at ISO800 using a TeleVue 76 Apochromatic Telescope (480mm, f6.3), piggybacked on a 16"RC Telescope on a Paramount Equatorial drive. Taken from Kitt Peak on Tuesday October 16th at about 2:00 AM.

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi ,TeleVue 76 Apochromatic Telescope

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Ramiek09-Nov-2008 08:23
this is great!!
Len Philpot17-Nov-2007 17:00
Very nice! It would be interesting to see a comparative shot through the Richey-Cretien on the Paramount as well. Might end up being just the Trapezium! :-)
routerer18-Oct-2007 19:10
You must have one helluva zoom lens.
Really great shot, lots of knowledge and expertise went into this methinks.
john
Guest 18-Oct-2007 18:30
Very well done, Scott!
Suzette A Paduano18-Oct-2007 10:55
Ya what Rafi said! WOW
Guest 18-Oct-2007 05:47
Wow!!! that's fantastic..