June 27, 2010

Trifid Collaboration


Rory Glasgow and I learned that we both imaged the Trifid in the last two weeks. He used a Canon DSLR attached to a Takahashi Epsilon 200 Hyperbolic astrograph, and I used an SXVF-H9C through an Orion 6" I-Newt. Through the magic of Registar, we have here combined our data. This is better than both our independent shots. Combined, the coma in my data is mostly covered up, and the light and colors are deeper and richer. Rory's data comprised 11x2' with a Canon EOS Rebel XS (1000D) at ISO-800. I have posted two versions of the same combined image, one stretched more than the other.

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