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Messier Marathon 2009

All 110 Messier objects were imaged on the night of March 27-28, 2009 by Alson Wong from Landers, CA. Telescope: Vixen 102-ED Camera: ST-10XME Mount: Paramount ME  
 
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King007Bond (4 months ago) Show Hide
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thx for this great video... it's fantastic
jguerramd (5 months ago) Show Hide
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This is an amazing piece of work...

You are so lucky to be able to do this in one night... hope to see more of your work !!! KUDOS
jamieball (6 months ago) Show Hide
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great job.. I love looking at the messier objects but the most I've ever found is like 10 in one night. lol.. I am in the city though.
ingolifs (8 months ago) Show Hide
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What magnification was the telescope at when these pictures were taken?
alsonwong (8 months ago) Show Hide
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Magnification is not really a term that applies to images taken with a telescope. What is relevant is the resolution of the image, which is the amount of sky covered by each pixel. The images were taken at a resolution of 2.1 arcseconds per pixel.
Edsan91 (8 months ago) Show Hide
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These are amazing! Great shots. Can I get similiar results by viewing not taking pics with a 5.1 inch reflector focal lenght of 900mm and ratio of 6? How good would I see them?
alsonwong (8 months ago) Show Hide
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The star clusters will look somewhat similar, since they are fairly bright. With a 5.1-inch telescope, the galaxies and nebulae will look fainter. Unlike a camera, your eye is only able to collect light for a few seconds, at most, to form an image.
Raimundsss (8 months ago) Show Hide
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I can't believe, that it's only two nights job. Amazing.
alsonwong (8 months ago) Show Hide
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Thank you. Actually it was only one night (evening of March 27 and morning of March 28).
alsonwong (9 months ago) Show Hide
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Thank you for your comments. I missed the last opportunity for a complete marathon in 2006 so I had been waiting three years for the opportunity and I wanted to take full advantage of it. I do wish I could have uploaded the version with "Mystic Rhythms" instead because the lyrics are more appropriate.

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