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Friday was Cool and Fairly Clear, First Pics with the AT66ED

Observations from Friday, December 11, 2009 Friday night was very cold and fairly clear – just a few high thin clouds passing through every so often. I was out for a few hours and had the chance to take a few images with my new AT66ED scope that I picked up a month or so [...]

Andromeda and Pleiades

Clear, dark, and cold. Nice night for stargazing. Got a pretty good image of the Andromeda Galaxy. Five 2 minute exposures at ISO800 and 5 dark frames. I actually took 20 2 minute exposures but only 5 turned out nice enough to stack. I think it looks pretty nice. Here’s a wide field shot of [...]