This is the best of the images posted in November 2008. I though October was difficult to pick 5 images John Graham made it difficult. This month is dedicated to him. (Ok, he did almost all of the postings.) Please if you want your image to have a chance in the monthly gallery it must be posted here on the MVAS website. I can not use links to the images on another commercial web site. Link to personal website are ok. Please use the [img] tag to have them display in your post.

Imaging Camera: Canon Rebel XTi Filter: IDAS LPS-2 Exposures: 15x120sec, ISO800, saved as RAW Darks: 4x120sec, ISO800, saved as RAW Flats: Synthetic Imaging Telescope: Meade LXD75 SN6 Imaging Software: EOS Utility, DSLR Shutter Guiding Telescope: Meade DSX-90, DSI Pro, Envisage Processing: Deep Sky Stacker, Photoshop The Double Cluster lies in a beautifully rich section of the fall/winter Milky Way. -John John

Telescope: Meade LXD75 SN6 Camera: Meade DSI Pro II Filters: IDAS LPS-2, Meade LRGB Luminance: 30x60sec, saved as FITS RGB: 10x60sec, saved as FITS Guide scope: Meade DSX-90, DSI Pro, and Envisage Software: Envisage, Autostar Image Processing, Photoshop

This proved to be a challenging little galaxy to capture; the core is very bright, just short of saturating, while the arms are very faint requiring a lot of stretching to bring them up.

Telescope: Meade LXD75 SN6
Camera: Meade DSI Pro II
Filters: IDAS LPS-2, Meade LRGB
Luminance: 50x60sec, saved as FITS
RGB: 15x60sec, saved as FITS
Guide scope: Meade DSX-90, DSI Pro, and Envisage
Software: Envisage, Autostar Image Processing, Photoshop

I’m curious to see if I can observe this galaxy visually. It strikes me as a large faint galaxy, though if the core is visible that migh provide enough visual cues to pick out the disk and dust lane.