First Test images with SV80s

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Winter Deep Sky Objects

Uploaded 2/25/06

 While we are still waiting for our Televue .8x field flattener to arrive, here are a few first shots with the new telescope mounted on our medium duty Televue equatorial. Of course the unmodified 10D lacks some of the reds, it does extremely well on clusters, reflection nebula, comets, and about everything else! I think the results (sans coma) are encouraging for such exposure times.
NGC869/884 in Perseus 1 minute Select an image size for a larger view: 1200 x 800
M45 in Taurus 1 minute Select an image size for a larger view: 1200 x 800
M46/NGC2438 & M47 in Puppis 1 minute Select an image size for a larger view: 1200 x 800
The Sword of Orion 3 minutes Select an image size for a larger view: 1200 x 800
NGC2362 - The Tau Canis Majoris Cluster 1 minute Select an image size for a larger view: 1200 x 800
Instrument: Stellarvue SV80S Refractor @ f/6 Platform: Televue GEM Camera: Canon 10D @ ISO1600 Exposure: 1 - 3m Filters: Standard IR Block Location: Payson, Arizona Elevation: 6800 ft. Sky: Seeing 6/10, Transparency 8/10 Outside Temperature: 30F Processing Tools: Photoshop CS, Maxim DL, PixInsight, Canon Raw HOME GALAXIES EMISSION NEBS REFLECTION NEBS COMETS GLOBULARS OPEN CLUST PLANETARIES LINKS FastCounter by bCentral