Significantly zoomed in to reveal all the details in the galaxy **Published in Australian Sky & Telescope Oct 2010 Taken in good seeing - a rare night at my dark site, I think every bit of the 1.4"/pixel image scale has been reached here..? See an even closer view of the intricate dust lane of NGC 1365: http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/121385050/original AP152 F7.5 Starfire APO + FLI ProLine11002 CCD & CFW-2-7 LRGB = 200 30 30 30min Astronomik filters** -35C chip temp, darks and flats (AstroHandy LightRing used for flats) 12MPPS download speed = 1.5sec/full frame download at bin 1X1. Image scale = 1.4"/pix Guide Camera: Starlightxpress SXVH9 Taken from Bob and Pats farm in good seeing http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/107700957/original Some links to equipment used to take this image: Finger Lakes Instrumentation (FLI) CCD cameras and equipment: http://www.flicamera.com/ StarlightXpress CCD cameras and equipment http://www.starlight-xpress.co.uk/ Astro-Elecronic FS2 scope GOTO controller: http://www.astro-electronic.de/ Gerd Neumann/Astronomik filters: http://www.gerd.neumann.net/ http://www.astronomik.com/ MSB Software & Astroart 4 http://www.msb-astroart.com/ STAR Atlas:PRO planetarium software http://www.skylab.com.au/ AstroHandy Accessories http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/astrohandy_lightring http://www.astrohandy.com
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