From: Mark Gaffney <markgaffney@mac.com>

Date: October 6, 2008 7:44:22 PM MDT

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] Heart Nebula


Hi Dale, That`s a very pretty image! I was going to refrain from commenting having no experience imaging DSOs yet but your results are very inspiring! Is there some reason you`re using a DSLR as opposed to CCDs for imaging? Is it a preference or do you find you get more satisfying results?Mark.

On 07/10/2008, at 11:29 AM, Dale J Martin wrote:

Hi folks,


Here is another image of the Heart Nebula with 60 frames at 6 minutes each. I this the first image I have taken using the Bahtinov Mask, I think this is my best focus to date.


http://tinyurl.com/48fqw4


Comment good bad or ugly welcome!


Dale