M17

[GB_10D]

End of June gifted us with two very transparent nights in a row, so I used the 90 min. of astronomical darkness per night to image this low elevation object.

 

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Best regards,
Gerhard

[twade]

Gerhard,

Very nice!  And I thought my 200 minutes of total darkness was bad this time of year. 

Wade

[dico]

It' s a fantastic image!

Very nice color treatememt. And....perfect guiding!.

My congratulations. Dico.

[GB_10D]

Thank you, Wade

Very nice!  And I thought my 200 minutes of total darkness was bad this time of year. 

At my lattitude (48N) every km further north means a considerable drop of the length of astronomical darkness. 100km north of my location they have none at all by end of June.

But things are getting better now ...

Best regards,
Gerhard

[GB_10D]

Thank you too, Dico

Very nice color treatememt. And....perfect guiding!.

Actually, there was no guiding at all 
The ASA DDM85 tracks perfectly at least for 20 min with my setup. I didn't bother to test with longer exposures, because mostly I use 5 -10 min.

Best regards,
Gerhard

[twade]

Gerhard,

At my lattitude (48N) every km further north means a considerable drop of the length of astronomical darkness.

I'm at 45N.  It's amazing that a change of only 3 degrees latitude this time of year drops the minutes of total darkness in half.  Wow!

Wade

[Jules]

Hi Gerhard

I have not seen M17 before, it is actually very nice!.

Regards

Julian

[Lex]

Gerhard,

Really really nice picture; CONGRATULATIONS!!

Btw; what equipment are you using with your ASA DDM?

Thanks

Lex