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A.S.I.G.N. Observatory
20th of February 2009 (Fri), 23:41
Hi all,

Last night was a beautiful night for it, so I spent some hours on these.

The lagoon nebula:
10 x 10 minute exposures - total 100 minutes.
5 x 10 minute dark frames removed.

The Tarantula Nebula:
10 x 60 second exposures
5 x 30 second exposures,
5 x 10 second exposures - total 9 min 20 sec.
Matching dark frames removed.

Skywatcher Black Diamond ED 120mm APO
Orion Starshoot III deep space color imager
Autoguiding with Skywatcher ED80mm APO and Orion Starshoot Autoguider

More on my images gallery.
http://www.asignobservatory.com/astrophotography/image_gallery/nebulae.aspx (http://www.asignobservatory.com/astrophotography/image_gallery/nebulae.aspx)

Baz.http://www.photoforum.com.au//images/smilies/smile.gif
fireird7o4
20th of February 2009 (Fri), 23:52
beautiful!
jgrussell
21st of February 2009 (Sat), 00:00
Lovely shots. Just lovely.
dispatchermike21
21st of February 2009 (Sat), 00:03
Amazing, well done.
Celestron
21st of February 2009 (Sat), 19:08
Very nice Baz !
PolynesianMedic
21st of February 2009 (Sat), 23:05
brilliant!
Nighthound
22nd of February 2009 (Sun), 11:01
Nice shootin' Baz. Good to see the skies are being kind to you. I hope I can remember how to do this when/if the skies ever clear here.
ty5353
23rd of February 2009 (Mon), 15:50
awesome shots!