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Old 13-April-2008, 07:54 AM
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Default M51 wide field
This one has always given me trouble. I thought that I'd give it another try however.

http://www.tvdavisastropics.com/astr...s-1_000059.htm

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wow that looks great! Well done!!
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Excellent image, I like the widefields as they also show some of the fainter fuzzies in the same frame, I spotted 6, perhaps there should be competitions to see who can spot the most fuzzies in a widefield.
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Lovely sharp image with lots of fuzzy companions.

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Very nice. Well done.
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that's just breathtakingly beautiful

thank you for sharing Tom

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Wow, great detail in the galaxy lost on all that space!
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Tom, that's fantastic! I've tried some widefields of M-51 and can't get anything approaching that. Can you tell what you were using and the exposure, etc for that shot.

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Can you tell what you were using and the exposure, etc for that shot.
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12" f/3.5 corrected newtonian astrograph
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sub-exposures were 300 seconds each regardless of filter

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Thanks for all the kind comments.

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Very Impressive wide shot!, Very sharp and a awesome amount of companions around it. Welldone and Clear Skies
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Amazing widefield! I rarely see M51 so sharp.
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