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Rob,<BR>
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Excellent and extraordinary images. <BR>
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I am going to print your M-27 image for my field guide in seeing the central star and also other faint stars within the nebula. I am also looking for the round shape that your image presents. <BR>
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Remember, John Mallas using a 4-inch refractor in the 50's and 60's saw "<EM>many faint stars superimposed on the nebula" </EM>from <EM>The</EM> <EM>Messier Album</EM>.<EM> </EM><BR>
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Hopefully I will be able to observe M-27 from a dark site. I plan on using both my 10-inch reflector and 4-inch refractor. <BR>
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Some observers do not like to look at an image before they attempt a visual review. I on the other hand find that reviewing an image allows me to locate and see very faint details that I would normally have missed. <BR>
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In order to see six stars within the trapezium, I find it necessary to use the diagram in Burnham's...it makes a tremendous difference.<BR>
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I want to see all that I can see, and a field copy image allows me to "possibly" see at least one magnitude fainter or maybe more. If you have never tried this, you will be amazed at all of the fine detail that you have been missing.<BR>
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This is in part what I have referred to as, adding inches to your current scope. <BR>
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roger <BR>
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<BR><BR><FONT face=Arial> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial></FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial></FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial> <BR><BR> <BR></FONT><EM><FONT face=Arial><STRONG> </STRONG></FONT>The moon and stars to govern the night..... Psalm 136:9</EM><BR><BR><BR><BR> <BR>> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:48:08 -0700<BR>> From: scopegeek@gmail.com<BR>> To: lvas@lvlug.org<BR>> Subject: [Lvas] Some images from Joshua Tree, Grand Canyon and Great Basin National Parks<BR>> <BR>> Hey Guys,<BR>> <BR>> Here are some images I've posted on the Mallincam group on Yahoo. <BR>> They're located at <BR>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mallincam/photos/album/1472379110/pic/list. <BR>> Since not everyone has a Yahoo account, I've attached smaller versions <BR>> of the images here. The skies at all three locations were great. <BR>> Joshua Tree skies were approximately 5 mag; North Rim skies were <BR>> approximately 5.5 mag, while the skies at Great Basin were approximately <BR>> 6.5 mag. I was fighting a bit of wind at the North Rim and Great Basin <BR>> locations though, so the focus on those images isn't as good as I would <BR>> like it to be, but they aren't too bad. I just couldn't waste those <BR>> skies and not try to capture something while I was there.<BR>> <BR>> The images have been stacked with dark frames to remove the few hot <BR>> pixels my chip has developed, but other than that, they are not tweaked <BR>> with any post processing.<BR>> <BR>> Talk to you guys later.<BR>> <BR>> Rob<BR><br /><hr />Windows Live™ SkyDrive™: Get 25 GB of free online storage. <a href='http://windowslive.com/online/skydrive?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_SD_25GB_062009' target='_new'>Get it on your BlackBerry or iPhone.</a></body>
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