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21-JUL-2012 Press F11 for full screen mode

M17 Swan - Hubble Palette

Crop from Full Frame - 100% resolution

If you are interested in one of these scopes email me at m.sidonio@bigpond.com

Given the poor and highly variable seeing conditions I manually went through and
selected the very best frames with which to compose the highest resolution image
possible for the conditions, took me a while arggg...

See the full frame RGB version here:
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/144807424/original

Orion Optics AG12 F3.8
FLI ProLine 16803 CCD & CFW-5-7 + Atlas Focuser
Ha OIII RGB = 50 25 15 15 15 min (bin 1X1) Astronomik filters
-30C chip temp, darks and flats (Astronomik Aurora Light Panel used for flats)
Focal length 1180mm
Image scale 1.57"/pix
Guide Camera: Starlightxpress SXVH9

Comments
Poor seeing, heavy light pollution but no moon and clear!

Equipment setup:

http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/ag12_testing

Some links to equipment used to take this image:

Orion Optics UK

http://www.orionoptics.co.uk/

Finger Lakes Instrumentation CCD cameras:

http://www.flicamera.com/

Astro-Elecronic FS2 scope GOTO controller:

http://www.astro-electronic.de/

Gerd Neumann and Astronomik filters:

http://www.astronomik.com/en/home

http://www.gerdneumann.net/

MSB Software & Astroart 4

http://www.msb-astroart.com/

Catseye Collimation

http://www.catseyecollimation.com/

STAR Atlas:PRO planetarium software:

http://www.staratlaspro.com/


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