From: "Tim" <tjp314@pacbell.net>

Date: January 11, 2006 8:58:35 AM MST

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Eskimo Nebula image uploaded to files

Hi all:

I uploaded an image I took last night with my color Flea, to the files/DSO area.  It's a grabbed 

and averaged set of 3 60 second exposures.  Shot at f/10, as the .6x focal reducer made too 

small an image.  Unguided Takahashi NJP german equatorial mount (love that polar finder!).  

No darks or flats used, though i did use a lasoo selection tool with a 50 pixel feather to 

reduce the amp glow in the upper left corner of the frame.

I also began a mosaic of M42 that was looking spectacular, but as Orion was dropping toward 

downtown in the SW, the  background sky color was changing to an unpalatable dark green.  

I'll tyr to finish that mosaic on another night.

best,

-Tim.