From: Milton Aupperle <milton@outcastsoft.com>

Date: January 11, 2006 12:03:26 PM MST

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] Eskimo Nebula image uploaded to files

Hi Tim;

Nice image - especially considering your shooting from light polluted LA.

Does the Baader Contrast Filter you used also act as a LPR filter too?

I've been either ice fogged in (lots) or clouded over here in Calgary. And during my vacation to this exceptionally dark site (no street lights are allowed in the village), the first two nights I managed to get the scope all set up and drift aligned between clouds. After that I never got to use my scope at all for the next 2 weeks.

TTYL..

Milton J. Aupperle

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On 11-Jan-06, at 8:58 AM, Tim wrote:

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.