This image
was taken with Meade f3.3 focal reducer and the IDAS Light Pollution Filter
installed in the SCT adapter attached to my 8" f10 LX 200.
The image is a composite of three 20 min exposures guided with the STAR
2000 auto tracker. They were color converted and added together in
Astro Art and then further processed in Photoshop.
You can just see the dim trailing arms of the galaxy in these images, but
the intersecting dust lanes are clearly visible. Total exposure is
60 minutes. Click
here to go back.
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