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Published: 2005-12-20 19:01:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 1115; Favourites: 26; Downloads: 143
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Second go at this little beauty or even big beauty as it's 30 light years across
. For this I have merged 2 images. One of a longer exposure to capture as most of the nebula as possible and another to expose the core properly. I've still got a lot to learn with photoshop so this image was done with tips from the uk Astro Imaging forum. Here is my first to see the difference, especially the core
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Very nice stuff. D: I agree, I like this version more than the other one.
Great work.
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Beautiful. The core looks amazing. What camera you took this picture with and what is the scope. Thanks a lot in advance. Beautiful
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Thank you very much!!!!
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ok, wait....never mind my last comment. just saw the title. haha.
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ha ha!!! No worries 
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that is amazing. i forget sometimes that technology has come far enough to where everyday people can see and record images like this. what an amazing shot. is this the orion nebula? sorry if you posted in your other comments. there are just so many of them to go through!
absolutely beautifull though. a great capture overall
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Thanks very much 
You're right, technology these days is awesome! However, the telescope is quite a simple design, just a couple of mirrors. The main thing is that it's electric and can move at the same rate as the earth spins. When you look through a 'non tracking (basic) scope' the stars or planets move slowly across the field of view due to the movement of the earth! On longer exposure images like this, the image would be a a load of streaks. My scope 'tracks' the stars so they stay still in the scope and longer exposures can be made
Pheww, I go on bit don't I!!! Anyway, thanks!!!
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my boyfriend has a telescope that does something simaler. apparently it's capable of computer hook up so it can go as far as to find that star, nebula, galaxy, whatever...for you. i have yet to see it, but i'm sure that'd be possitively amazing
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cool, yeah mine does the same, 
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simply amazing....I hope one day I can be good enough to take a pic like that!
definately favorited!
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Thanks a lot!! and for the 
All you need is the right equipment! A tracking telescope and a camera
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you're welcome
cools I have an older model tracking telescope but I can never get it to work ...I guess it would help for me to read more of the manual e_e; the most i've ever seen with it is the moon on a pitiful scale...even though it is powerful enough to see Saturn clearly.
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Wow thats amazing! Do you explain somewhere in your journal how you get these shots?! Thats awesome, just awesome. I'm def. gonna watch your account to look forward to more like these!
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Thank you very much!!
For this shot I used my telescope and my Canon rebel camera. The camera is attached to the scope and then exposures of 60 - 200 seconds are made. I tried to get as many exposures as I can. Any dodgy exposures are deleted. ( I had a few where a satalite passed the image!!) The images are put together and 'tweeked' a little in photoshop, (mainly to get rid of the light pollution!!) Thanks for the interest and the watch!!!
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Thats awesome, I had no idea backyard telescopes could do that. Now I totally want one! All I need is the money... lousy no good currency system!
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Thanks a lot! Backyard telescopes can do a lot more than this pic!!
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Yeah, I've got a pretty weenie telescope that I've had since middle school. Basically okay for looking at the moon and maybe Venus looks like a very tiny crescent, but thats about it. Thoes links would be cool...
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Don't know if you have seen this already, it's the uk astro imaging forum. Take a minute to register but it's well worth it!!
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Check these pics out!!!!!
An italian guy with good but not professional equipment. The widefield pics are the best. These are pics taken with just a camera, not through the telescope but piggy backed on top. The scope tracks the stars. This is the counteract the movement of the stars during long exsposures!!
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Enjoy
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Ooooooooo, it is a better photograph. You can really see the detail in the nebula. How wonderful. 30 light years away!?!? 
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Thanks you very much
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Nice combining of the core and the outer edges. You got the best of both exposures in one final work there
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Thanks a lot. It took a while to get my head around it but I should be able to do it a lot quicker now
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This is terriffic. I love the coloring, and the brightness is stunning. It's gonna suck if the "Big Crunch" really does happen. So much beauty will be lost...
Then again, I guess we'll know the truth about the universe then, eh?
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Thanks man i'm glad my pic make you wanna spill some protein
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Anytime, Sime, anytime.
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Cool shot! Lots of detail and theres the running man!
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Thanks. Yeah, its tricky to get detail from both in the same pic
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nice work m8 see what you meant on the sunset pic top job as always
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Thanks man!! Chuffed with this sucker
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u should be m8 get it sent to astronomy now mag
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Thanks man!! I was thinking of maybe this one or my m81/m82 pic. [link] haven't seen many pics with them both in shot. Did you get the October issue of Astronomy Now? my sunset pic is in it!! i couldn't believe they shown it! They mustn't of had many pics that month. You should try some of your pics, the sunset/rise pics are awesome. This is the pic that made the mag, [link] They give me £10 for it
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Very nice, specially to be the first one.
(I'm not sure... Sorry... english is not my native language)
{In spanish: Muy bien, especialmente para ser la primera}
Don't you have pics from another nebula??
I live in Chile (south america, just in case you don't remember) where I can actually see Orion's nebula, but... Is there a northern nebula (or cluster) to photograph?? (Of course you have... have you taken pics from them??)
(I'm not going to translate that!)
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Gracias
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Beautiful. As is everything in the heavens. Brilliant idea merging two images to bring out all the features, it certainly looks like it works.
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