[APML] M95-M96-M105 grouping

[Alan Voetsch <alanv12952@yahoo.com>]

Hey all, 

Here's a 185 minute shot of this grouping in Leo which also includes
NGC 3384 and NGC 3389 next to M105. There's another galaxy near the
lower left edge which I'm unsure of, might be NGC 3433. I have doubts
as to whether the FOV goes that far though. It might be from another
catalog. If it is 3433, then my Sky Atlas 2000 isn't laid out
perfectly, because the angles don't add up.

185 minutes on Fuji SHQ200, prime focus on the FS-102, f/8, shot on
2/9/05. Scanned @4000 dpi and processed in PS7. I know many of you
laugh when I use the term 'processed', but hey, I'm challenged. 8-)

I tried to hard to add some red into this one and I can see red rings
in everything at the larger size, but I'm tired of things turning blue,
so this is a darker blue.

BTW, regarding the Rosette shot yesterday; Jim Janusz kindly sent me a
private mail showing his processing with my jpeg data. It showed much
more red in the nebula and that was enough to get me off my butt to
process it more aggressively, thereby leading to the finished image
which most of you seemed to like far more than the earlier versions.
Therefore, thanks Jim! Credit where it's due.

Anyway, the M95-M96 link:
http://www.pbase.com/avoetsch12952/image/39964895

Alan



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SCT Astrophotography: http://www.pbase.com/avoetsch/astrophotography
FS-102 G-11/Gemini: http://www.pbase.com/avoetsch12952/tak_fs102
& http://www.pbase.com/avoetsch12952/fs102
& http://www.pbase.com/avoetsch12952/takpf


		
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