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NGC 5078 ( R/H side) Is a lenticular (lens-shaped) edge on galaxy/ NGC5101(L/H side) is also a lenticular galaxy but face on.
Home built 10" Newtonian F4
SXVR-H16ccd/ SX Filter wheel
L: 124 R:40' G:40' B:40' (4min sub exposures all unbinned) Bias and Flat frames removed.
www.baytop-observatory.com
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Comment by Arie Nagel on May 4, 2011 at 12:02pm
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great picture! wonderful variety of galaxies! a pity that these are too low for here (52 north)
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Comment by Rich Bowden on May 4, 2011 at 7:50am
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Thanks a lot you guys- Mark and Steve....
Honestly, Bob Royce's takes all the credit for this 10" hunk of wonder glass.. he is certainly a master optician. The secondary is a 1/20th wave Antares. I built the primary cell and tube myself using thermal stable materials... generally epoxy resin and cloth..
It has been an on going thing with what upgrades I could afford at the time, what I could fabricate myself.. fine tuning and now I've finally found my flexure issue out with the Moonlite, in with the Feather Touch focuser which is coming very soon... ..
The Type 2 Paracorr was a god send, it has just improved my resolution, star profiles no end.. not to mention the SXVR-H16 CCD... with its fairly deep well capacity and relatively low read noise, the fast optics, 31% obstruction rather than 40-50% like in RC's.. things are just working so well together.. I couldn't be any happier.
Cheers Guys
Rich
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Comment by Steve Coates on May 4, 2011 at 5:49am
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Nice job. You are the man! A great image from homemade optics. You are a pro.
Steve
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