Wednesday, July 2, 2008

June 24, 2008

The month of June passed with mostly cloudy or hazy nights, providing few opportunities for imaging. When the clouds and haze weren't obstructing the sky, the bright moon was there to drown out the fainter DSOs. 

Nevertheless, the night of the 24th offered a relatively clear sky and cool air (which makes for steady viewing). So I pulled out the scope, and the DSI-C, and decided to take color images of some of the objects I imaged in the previous session with the monochrome DSI Pro. The Pro has a more sensitive chip and yields higher resolution, but the C can paint what it captures in glorious color, without the effort and hassle of shooting through individual color filters and later combining the images.  As I noted, I am lazy.

M16 


M17

M20


M27


NGC 6992


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