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First light with the 8 inch RCT. First image in 5 weeks too!
M106
Spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici
~23.7 million light years distant
March 15, 2012
Ocala, FL
Combination of 4 min and 6 min exposures stacked in DSS for a total of 4 hours 38 min
PS CS5
AT8RC
Orion 50mm guidescope with SSAG
Canon T1i (Hap Griffin modified)
Losmandy G-11 with Gemini II
Hutech IDAS Light Pollution Suppression (LPS) Filter

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Comment by Marc Basti on March 17, 2012 at 5:56pm

Steve, that looks good, pulling in a lot more light compared to the 6". Nice core detail, Marc

Comment by Russ Ruggles on March 17, 2012 at 11:10am

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