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Bright Are The Stars That Shine

Challenge #10 in the Tribute To The Beatles series. Hosted by liwi.

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Photos of real stars in the sky (not the celebrity types), but that of the sun, though considered a star are not allowed. Lyrics taken from their song And I Love Her.

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by David Pastern

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M42, also known as the Great Nebula in Orion.

Camera:	Apogee CCD imaging camera
Lens:	8" newtonian f4 astrograph
Submitted:	Wednesday, 19th October, 2011 14:05 (GMT)
Taken:	Friday, 1st October, 2010
Focal length:	812 mm
Shutter speed:	120 sec
Aperture:	F4
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Notes:	Taken using a scope hired on my lightbuckets account. This final image is the culmination of 20x 6 second shots of L,R,G,B, plus bias, flats and light frames. Combined using Maxim DL, final stretching and processing in Photoshop CS2.
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Graeme Davidson

A wonderful image indeed. Congratulations on the win!

Graeme

Oct 30, 2011permalink

jaime124

This could be in National Geographic. Loved it.

Oct 29, 2011permalink

David Pastern

I forgot to mention that I had some H alpha and O III frames too, all Six second subs. Maxim DL takes a lot of getting used to - it's not an easy application imho, but it is VERY powerful.

M42 is my favourite object in the sky (just ahead of Omega Centauri) - it's a wonderful view from a dark sky with a O III filter. My own scope is only a 4" SkyWatcher Equinox refractor on a SkyWatcher EQ6 Pro mount - one day it'll be upgraded to a Takahashi scope and Astro Physiks mount...one day.

Thanks again guys.

Dave

Oct 29, 2011permalink

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