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Maura Kelley
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Hi All,

We had a great gathering at our VAS observatory the other night. In between greeting guests, I set up my camera at 140mm on my telescope's tripod. It's always a bit difficult to discern a dark nebula (quickly) in a single subexposure. At the event, I was grateful to Paul to observe me attempting the wonderful training that Terri provided me in opening up our 18" telescope. Once again, Paul & I put our heads together to locate 'The Eye of God' (Helix Nebula) for the folks. 

In the meantime, I got 36 minutes here of Barnard's E (142 & 143), No autoguiding, 20-second exposures.


   
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Posted by: @maura-kelley

Hi All,

We had a great gathering at our VAS observatory the other night. In between greeting guests, I set up my camera at 140mm on my telescope's tripod. It's always a bit difficult to discern a dark nebula (quickly) in a single subexposure. At the event, I was grateful to Paul to observe me attempting the wonderful training that Terri provided me in opening up our 18" telescope. Once again, Paul & I put our heads together to locate 'The Eye of God' (Helix Nebula) for the folks. 

In the meantime, I got 36 minutes here of Barnard's E (142 & 143), No autoguiding, 20-second exposures.

So glad the event was a success, Maura!  That's terrific.  Nice capture of the dark nebulae! 

Greg


   
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Terri Zittritsch
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Posted by: @maura-kelley

Hi All,

We had a great gathering at our VAS observatory the other night. In between greeting guests, I set up my camera at 140mm on my telescope's tripod. It's always a bit difficult to discern a dark nebula (quickly) in a single subexposure. At the event, I was grateful to Paul to observe me attempting the wonderful training that Terri provided me in opening up our 18" telescope. Once again, Paul & I put our heads together to locate 'The Eye of God' (Helix Nebula) for the folks. 

In the meantime, I got 36 minutes here of Barnard's E (142 & 143), No autoguiding, 20-second exposures.

Beautiful image Maura.   Lots and lots of stars, with the dark nebula obscuring parts of the field.    Dark nebula are so cool, nice processing and colors as well.. expertly done.

 

 

Terri


   
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Maura Kelley
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@terri @greg-erianne

Thank you both!


   
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