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One of my favorite targets, big, bright and easy to find. Started shooting it last year without a filter, without a guider or a focusing aid. Racked up 300 one minute exposures over two nights. Then combined that data with 69 5 minute exposures taken this past weekend through my LPR filter and using my trusty mask. Maxim lined up all the frames and the rest just all came together. Hope you all like. Hopp, thanks for taking a look. Still not "done", but thought I'd share.

69 x 5 min (filtered)
300 x 1 min (unfiltered, unguided and "eyeballed" focused)
Total exposure time over 10.5 hours.
Explore Scientific 102mm EDT
ST2000XCM
Sirius Goto Mount
Astronomick CCD LPR (only on the 5 min exps)

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Comment by spike77 on August 9, 2011 at 2:00pm
man that is awesome trevor exellent image
Comment by Trevor Woodrow on August 9, 2011 at 11:57am
Thanks guys...yeah, broke my own rule...shouldn't post anything before the 5th edit but felt like sharing. Marc, I probably will add more time, try diff methods of combining the data and clean up the background...but even as is, beat the pooh out of my earlier attempts ;)
Comment by Marc Basti on August 9, 2011 at 11:35am
"not done" well then it's coming along very nicely. Marc
Comment by Charles Dunlop on August 9, 2011 at 9:41am
nice Trevor, lot of data in there.

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