Eskimo Nebula

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Eskimo Nebula

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Never realised Eskimo is so small.
Location Jurong West.
Taken on 5 th Feb 2011
12 in LX90 ACF/EQDIR/PHD/IP3.8/Canon 450 D/10 x 180 Sec, ISO 400 Raw.Atlas EQ6 Mount
http://www.singastro.org/album_showpage.php?pic_id=1211

Cropped close up with lot of noise.

http://www.singastro.org/album_showpage.php?pic_id=1213

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Nice.

If an Eskimo does look like that than I must say he looks very strange! :)
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Post by orly_andico »

That's cool! in the close-up some of the internal structure can be seen.

Is the 450D modded, or not?

But if it's that small even with a 12" LX90.. then getting more internal structure is going to be near-impossible.
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Been sometime since you were active Kochu!
And I didn't know the Eskimo is in Jurong West..fancy that! [smilie=bye2.gif]
Nice image ! Have not seen this visually in a long time, I think since Wira's 10" LX200. (Incidently, he called me recently to say he is back in business and waiting for clear skies!) [smilie=cute.gif]
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Nice
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Post by timatworksg »

Nice one Kochu! Seems like your back in business!
Is this the new set up you recently mentioned? If so...wonderful!

Look forward to more from the West!!
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eskimo

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Hi Orly,

My 450 D is not modified. I think, you need much clearer skies to get fine details or a cooled camera like Kevin's for such miniscule objects. I may try on a clear night with a barlow , just for the heck of it .But with my 3 x 2 inch barlow , the FL of the imaging scope will be an un-thinkable 9 meters.
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Post by timatworksg »

Have seen many a great shots with un modded DSLR's! So well done with your 450D. A cooled cam always helps, unless you wish to spend the whole night shooting, cooling down for 30s to 1min, shoot again, cool again etc etc..lol!
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Post by rcj »

The Eskimo certainly looks cute here, Kochu! Nice set up too!
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Hi,
A Cyclops eskimo??? Ha ha ha :mrgreen:

Excellent shot!! Hope to see more small, small objects from you... :mrgreen:

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