My little window...

CCD vs Film? Lots of time vs no patience? Alright, this is your place to discuss all the astrophotography what's and what's not. You can discuss about techniques, accessories, cameras, whatever....just make sure you also post some nice photos here too!
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Sivakis
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Oh is that what it's called? Lol, I had no idea! No wonder the image was not the typical longish shape!

I got another NGC6231 series waiting to be stacked... card-reader died halfway....
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66 subs of NGC 6231 while I fix my card-reader....

Shooting into the Milky Way:

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Nice!
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Great Red Spot wrote:Nice!
Thanks GRS!

This was from another stack, 150 subs, cropped to only show NGC6231:

Visible:
NGC 6231
NGC 6242
NGC 6268
NGC 6281
IC 4628 (My first Nebula, of sorts :D )

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Nice! The prominent cluster in the middle is M6 right?
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Great Red Spot wrote:Nice! The prominent cluster in the middle is M6 right?
Ahh that prominent cluster is NGC 6231

Edit: it's about 2 hrs after omega cent on almost the same dec
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NGC 6231 re-edited to show Milky Way:

(i like this one :D )

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A different 300-sub of NGC6231 with Milky Way

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Moon shot, taken some time back...

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Tonight's full moon

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