-> Telescope: Meade LX200GPS 14" f/6,3
-> CCD: Meade DSI 3 (First Light)
-> Guiding Telescope: SkyWatcher 4"
-> Guiding Software: PHD 1.7.4
-> Filters: None
-> Processing: MaximDl / AstroArt / PhotoShop CS3
-> Exposure: 53min
-> Date: 18 March 2008
-> Place: Rafina Attikis

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Hi GreekAstronomy, A beautiful galaxy and a great catch on the nova. A great photo on your first light on the DSI III pro Ccd I also have one and its pretty good for not being a cooled camera, what program did you used for acquiring your image?. Welldone and Clear Skies.

GreekAstronomy. nice job. I love these babies. When you get to pick one of those absurd ways to exit this world...I want a supernova in an orientation antipodal to Kilimanjaro, timed such that it goes off when I get there to climb it. Now if you could also have it occur from an O/B star from the Centaurus/Sco association passing absurdly close to the Earth, the prompt neutrino burst would trebuchet the entire climbing party up over the mountain..knickers and all...kind of like going out like Andy in Dr. Strangelove. Of course the blastwave would not be nearly as much fun...but that's ten times slower moving....so you'd get a bit to think about it.
pete

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Well done, especially in the bright moonlight

Rick

Great capture.

Kind regards
Matt