From: "milton_aupperle" <milton@outcastsoft.com>

Date: December 30, 2009 2:06:31 PM MST

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: NGC 891 Edge On Galaxy

No I didn't. I have doubts if it would work.

TTYL..

Milton Aupperle

--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, Mark Gaffney <markgaffney@...> wrote:

Hi Milton,

By the way were you able to do anything with the heated cables? I  

think the guy with this idea was on the Macastronomer group..?

Mark.

On 31/12/2009, at 12:32 AM, milton_aupperle wrote:

Hi willie and Mark;

Thanks for the correction..

I tried the link before I posted it, but accidentally deleted the  

"s" in "files" after I pasted it into the message. The correct link  

is:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Astro_IIDC/files/DSO/NGC891_20091224_MJA.jpg

TTYL..

Milton Aupperle

--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, Willie Strickland <cwskas@>  

wrote:

Fantastic, Milton. I love that object.

The link didnt work for me either. I went to the group and it  

asked me if I wanted to join. I logged out, logged in again, jumped  

through some Yahoo hoops and went back to the group successfully.

http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/gAg7S4vCehNvTT5IPPynjiaWml4cHSL5romlQRr3aUz_mLHTTq_uooSHoWTEMmtSkm4KRWqyTPIi7r3UW-JAPZvxgBBF/DSO/NGC891_20091224_MJA.jpg

That is the link that worked for me. I doubt it will work for  

anyone else. I dont know why Yahoo makes these things so complicated.

Willie

On Dec 29, 2009, at 1:57 PM, milton_aupperle wrote:

I finally got a few hours one night (with thin clouds at -28°C)  

for RGB and then a clearer night (at -29.8°C) for the Luma to  

capture NGC 891. With wind chill, it was well below -35°C each night.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Astro_IIDC/file/DSO/NGC891_20091224_MJA.jpg

Details on the image are embedded at the bottom. I managed to  

pick up a few faint background galaxies too. The first quarter moon  

for the Luma raised the sky background to 13300 for the 20 minute  

Luma exposures, which tends to hide fainter details.

I've captured 2 frames of M81 luma so far through the clouds,  

but don't know if I'll be able to image anything more. It's cloudy  

snowy well with below normal temp weather and nearly a full moon,  

which makes it difficult.

Hope everyone had a good Christmas and will have a safe New Years.