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M109
Barred spiral galaxy in Ursa Major
~83 million light years distant
March 5, 6 and 7, 2013 (Luminance)
February 11, 2012 (RGB)
Ocala, FL
6 min Luminance with QSI 683
6 min RGB exposures stacked in DSS for a total of 3 hours 49 min with a Canon T1i
PS CS5
AT8RC (Luminance)
AT6RC (RGB)
Orion 50mm guidescope with SSAG
QSI 683ws CCD cooled camera
Canon T1i (Hap Griffin modified)
Losmandy G-11 with Gemini II
Hutech IDAS Light Pollution Suppression (LPS) Filter

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Comment by Jeffrey P Nunnari on March 9, 2013 at 7:15pm

Nice one, Steve.

Comment by Steve Coates on March 9, 2013 at 12:37pm

Thanks Mark. My skies were forecast to be perfect for imaging with clear and transparent skies, but, central Florida did not agree. The skies were clear but the transparency turned out to be poor. The success in this image was I am now able to guide the AT8RC without (or very little) flexure. I have the focuser on the guider, and the guide camera itself, cinched down with rings. So far, so good!

Comment by Mark Roberts on March 8, 2013 at 7:13am

Nice Steve... and a few other fuzzies as well

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