Joe Linn

M97 owl nebula

Joe Linn — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 04:14:51 GMT

M97 owl nebula

8" LX200 GPS F10, DSI Pro II

Unguided. L=23x60, R=5x60, G=6x60, B=6x60

Processed with ImagesPlus, Paint Shop Pro, and Neat Image

M42 trapezium region

Joe Linn — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 22:12:08 GMT

M42 trapezium region

LX200 GPS f10 with .3 focal reducer, alt-az mode, DSI Pro II

It was late in the season so I only had a short while between sundown and the time Orion was too low to see from my house. I didn't get to take nearly as many images as I would have liked.

L=8x42, R=4x42, G=7x42, B=11x42

Processed with ImagesPlus, Paint Shop Pro, and Neat Image.

M51

Joe Linn — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 22:06:15 GMT

M51

LX200 GPS, F10 with .5 focal reducer, alt-az mode

L=31x42, R=6x42, G=11x42, B=12x42

Processed with ImagesPlus, Paint Shop Pro, and Neat Image.

M81

Joe Linn — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 21:52:36 GMT

M81

LX200 GPS f10 with .3 focal reducer and DSI Pro II

L=49x42, R=9x42, G=9x42, B=12x42 + 8x60

Unguided alt-az. Processed with ImagesPlus, Paint Shop Pro, and Neat image

Moon mosaic, March 11

Joe Linn — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 22:43:08 GMT

Moon mosaic, March 11

8" LX200 GPS, f3 focal reducer, DSI Pro II

Mosaic of 8 images taken in alt az mode, deinterlaced with Paint Shop Pro and pieced together with Images Plus. I missed a piece when I was taking the images.

Saturn March 11

Joe Linn — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 22:40:58 GMT

Saturn March 11

Meade 8" LX200 GPS, 3x Barlow, LPI

Stack, 2000 of 2500 images. Stacked with RegiStax.