Astrophotography

Dave, I wonder if they would give me the Messier Award if I imaged all 110 objects.

Aubrey

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Nice image. Working on your Messier list .

Dave

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Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2018 11:30:12 -0600




Great shot!

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> On Nov 4, 2018, at 8:42 PM, Astrophotography <astrophotography@centexastronomy.org> wrote:
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> M15 is about 33,600 light-years from Earth, and 175 light years in diameter. Messier 15 is one of the most densely packed globular cluster known in the Milky Way galaxy. Its core has undergone a contraction known as 'core collapse'. I has an enormous number of stars surrounding what may be a central black hole. It has around 100,000 stars and is approximately 12 Billion years old.
> Shot this from Brickhouse Observatory on Nov. 2, 2018. It is about 1 hour of exposure on my Orion 10" RC telescope on the Titan Mount.
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Nice image. Working on your Messier list .

Dave

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To: "jde209@netzero.net" <jde209@netzero.net>
Subject: re: M15 GLOBULAR CLUSTER IN PERSAGUS <<$217418160176$>>
Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2018 11:30:12 -0600




Great shot!

Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 4, 2018, at 8:42 PM, Astrophotography <astrophotography@centexastronomy.org> wrote:
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> M15 is about 33,600 light-years from Earth, and 175 light years in diameter. Messier 15 is one of the most densely packed globular cluster known in the Milky Way galaxy. Its core has undergone a contraction known as 'core collapse'. I has an enormous number of stars surrounding what may be a central black hole. It has around 100,000 stars and is approximately 12 Billion years old.
> Shot this from Brickhouse Observatory on Nov. 2, 2018. It is about 1 hour of exposure on my Orion 10" RC telescope on the Titan Mount.
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> Aubrey
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Great shot!

Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 4, 2018, at 8:42 PM, Astrophotography <astrophotography@centexastronomy.org> wrote:
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> M15 is about 33,600 light-years from Earth, and 175 light years in diameter. Messier 15 is one of the most densely packed globular cluster known in the Milky Way galaxy. Its core has undergone a contraction known as 'core collapse'. I has an enormous number of stars surrounding what may be a central black hole. It has around 100,000 stars and is approximately 12 Billion years old.
> Shot this from Brickhouse Observatory on Nov. 2, 2018. It is about 1 hour of exposure on my Orion 10" RC telescope on the Titan Mount.
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> Aubrey
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Yes Dave after two days of work I finally got the RC collimated correctly. It was tricky but now that I know how it will just require a tweak to keep it fine-tuned.

Aubrey

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Good photo. Looks like you have it collimated well.
Dave

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Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2018 20:42:01 -0600




M15 is about 33,600 light-years from Earth, and 175 light years in diameter. Messier 15 is one of the most densely packed globular cluster known in the Milky Way galaxy. Its core has undergone a contraction known as 'core collapse'. I has an enormous number of stars surrounding what may be a central black hole. It has around 100,000 stars and is approximately 12 Billion years old.
Shot this from Brickhouse Observatory on Nov. 2, 2018. It is about 1 hour of exposure on my Orion 10" RC telescope on the Titan Mount.

Aubrey

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File: M15-GLOBULAR_CLUSTER_V2_FR_ID_SM.jpg (333.0 KB) -- Address: http://s3.amazonaws.com/ClubExpressClubFiles/901132/attach/2173833_0_M15-GLOBULAR_CLUSTER_V2_FR_ID_SM.jpg

Good photo. Looks like you have it collimated well.
Dave

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From: "Astrophotography" <astrophotography@centexastronomy.org>
To: "jde209@netzero.net" <jde209@netzero.net>
Subject: M15 GLOBULAR CLUSTER IN PERSAGUS <<$217383383188$>>
Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2018 20:42:01 -0600




M15 is about 33,600 light-years from Earth, and 175 light years in diameter. Messier 15 is one of the most densely packed globular cluster known in the Milky Way galaxy. Its core has undergone a contraction known as 'core collapse'. I has an enormous number of stars surrounding what may be a central black hole. It has around 100,000 stars and is approximately 12 Billion years old.
Shot this from Brickhouse Observatory on Nov. 2, 2018. It is about 1 hour of exposure on my Orion 10" RC telescope on the Titan Mount.

Aubrey

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File: M15-GLOBULAR_CLUSTER_V2_FR_ID_SM.jpg (333.0 KB) -- Address: http://s3.amazonaws.com/ClubExpressClubFiles/901132/attach/2173833_0_M15-GLOBULAR_CLUSTER_V2_FR_ID_SM.jpg

M15 is about 33,600 light-years from Earth, and 175 light years in diameter. Messier 15 is one of the most densely packed globular cluster known in the Milky Way galaxy. Its core has undergone a contraction known as 'core collapse'. I has an enormous number of stars surrounding what may be a central black hole. It has around 100,000 stars and is approximately 12 Billion years old.
Shot this from Brickhouse Observatory on Nov. 2, 2018. It is about 1 hour of exposure on my Orion 10" RC telescope on the Titan Mount.

Aubrey