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Updated:  Saturday, November 15, 2008

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Image of the Week (11/15/2008) 

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IC 1848 in Cassiopeia. The Winter Milky Way begins its appearance with Cassiopeia in the northeast.  Between Cassiopeia and Perseus, near the Double Cluster lies a rich Hα emission area.  IC 1848 is actually the central cluster of stars in a much larger cloud of gas and dust designated Sh2-199.  For additional views and more information about this area see The Atlas of the Universe page.
This mage was made 10/10 and 10/11/2008 using an SBIG STL11000 with my ASA 10N astrograph. The image represents about 5 hours of data collection through an Astronomik Hα filter The data was acquired and processed in MaximDL with final processing  performed in Photoshop. Click on the image for a full resolution view.
 
This page illustrates what can be photographed using commonly available amateur telescopes and a CCD camera.  I currently use an SBIG STL11000M camera and have previously used a SBIG and Starlight Xpress cameras, as well as a Cookbook 245 camera that I built myself. Most of the images were actually taken from my backyard near a busy street with several street lights. Not only is the CCD camera a great imaging tool, but it allows "real time" observation of objects not normally visible in areas with moderate-severe light pollution.

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