Thanks, Chrismo -- I had trouble with focus (as usual) and I think the scope wasn't well-balanced. The view kept slipping even though I used my guide scope, and I don't know why. Also, I tried to fix collimation but that may have made any distortion worse. The upshot is that the picture not as sharp as it should be. Despite the exposure total of around 2 hours parts look underexposed. So I'm not delighted with it, though not terrifically dissatisfied either. But thanks for the compliment! -- Joe ________________________________ From: Chrismo <djchrismo@gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 4:25 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] M81 "not the greatest" sheesh... I think it looks fantastic! On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:

Here's a pic I took at Lakeside yesterday morning. It's not the greatest, needs more exposure, but I'm not really dissatisfied with it. -- Joe

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Thank you, Joan. Maybe the troubles I was having convinced me it would be awful. The more I looked at it, the more I liked it. Best wishes, Joe ________________________________ From: "jcarman6@q.com" <jcarman6@q.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 9:12 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] M81 Joe, this is a super picture.  Even most of your stars are almost pinpoints, only a few star balls.  The galaxy is super.  ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Bauman" <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 2:36:22 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] M81 Here's a pic I took at Lakeside yesterday morning. It's not the greatest, needs more exposure, but I'm not really dissatisfied with it. -- Joe http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=4717&g2_imageViewsIndex=1 _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php