beautiful as usual Tyler! looking forward to more! /R ________________________________ From: Tyler Allred <tyler@allred-astro.com> To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 8:41 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Test Image from New Astrograph - Adventures in ATM Hello All, I have been working feverishly on my new astrograph and everything is now working well except the flexure issue I mentioned in a previous thread. I finally got a chance to run the scope for about 40 minutes a couple of nights ago, and decided to point it at the Flying Hamburger (NGC3628). Due to flexure, I am limited to 1-minute exposures, so this image is not very deep or well defined, but I can see potential. I thought I would post it for others to enjoy. The new scope has over twice the focal length of my previous scopes. This longer focal length, combined with the small pixel size of the ML8300 camera, make for a pretty large image scale. This is going to be fun! :) Here is a link to the luminance-only image: http://www.allred-restoration.com/Images/NGC3628_SLAS.jpg Take a peek! Cheers, Tyler _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".