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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.8.4 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:53:08 GMT--><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss" version="2.0"><channel><title>2009 CCD Images</title><generator>Squarespace Site Server v5.8.4 (http://www.squarespace.com/)</generator><item><title>NGC 891</title><link>http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/NGC%20891?pictureId=1833367</link><description>&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Losmandy Titan, William Optics 110 Flourostar, SXV H9C + Guider&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;300 minutes&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Captured and processed Maxim DL, Photoshop&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;Another great set of&amp;nbsp;conditions for this catch. Really crisp at -20C for most of it. This image was collected over a three week period.&amp;nbsp;In previous tries I had difficulties keeping any star colour at all.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/NGC%20891?pictureId=1833367&amp;asThumbnail=true"/><media:content url="http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/NGC%20891?pictureId=1833367&amp;asGalleryImage=true"/></item><item><title>Index Catalogue 1985</title><link>http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/IC%201985.jpg?pictureId=1888912</link><description>&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Losmandy Titan, William Optics 110 Flourostar, SXV H9C + Guider&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;300 minutes&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Captured and processed Maxim DL, Photoshop&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;This object is a difficult capture for my equipment. There is a larger area to the west that holds the bulk of this reflection nebula and over the next few years I will add to a mosiac of the region. Very good conditions for most of February. I was pleased to pick up the nebulousity beside the bright 3.81 mag Omicron Persei.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="thumbnail-image-block ssNonEditable"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:showFullImage('/display/ShowImage?imageUrl=%2Fstorage%2FSNP-1985.jpg%3F__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION%3D1235235700687',440,461);"&gt;&lt;img src="http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/storage/thumbnails/16992-2552082-thumbnail.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1235235700687" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/IC%201985.jpg?pictureId=1888912&amp;asThumbnail=true"/><media:content url="http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/IC%201985.jpg?pictureId=1888912&amp;asGalleryImage=true"/></item><item><title>NGC 2244</title><link>http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/ngc-2244.jpg?pictureId=1889227</link><description>&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Losmandy Titan, William Optics 110 Flourostar, SXV H9C + Guider&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;300 minutes&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Captured and processed Maxim DL, Photoshop&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/ngc-2244.jpg?pictureId=1889227&amp;asThumbnail=true"/><media:content url="http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/ngc-2244.jpg?pictureId=1889227&amp;asGalleryImage=true"/></item><item><title>M42 Mosiac</title><link>http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/M42.jpg?pictureId=1890976</link><description>&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Losmandy Titan, William Optics 110 Flourostar, SXV H9C + Guider&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;300 minutes&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Captured and processed Maxim DL, Photoshop&lt;/li&gt; &lt;a href="/storage/site-snapshots/M42 Capture and Mosaic.mht"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/M42.jpg?pictureId=1890976&amp;asThumbnail=true"/><media:content url="http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/M42.jpg?pictureId=1890976&amp;asGalleryImage=true"/></item><item><title>The Running Man</title><link>http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/NGC%201977.jpg?pictureId=1891012</link><description>&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Losmandy Titan, William Optics 110 Flourostar, SXV H9C + Guider&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;180&amp;nbsp;minutes&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Captured and processed Maxim DL, Photoshop&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/NGC%201977.jpg?pictureId=1891012&amp;asThumbnail=true"/><media:content url="http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/NGC%201977.jpg?pictureId=1891012&amp;asGalleryImage=true"/></item><item><title>Coddington's Nebula</title><link>http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/Coddington%27s.jpg?pictureId=2003718</link><description>&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Losmandy Titan, William Optics 110 Flourostar, SXV H9C + Guider&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;420&amp;nbsp;minutes&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Captured and processed Maxim DL, Photoshop&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/Coddington%27s.jpg?pictureId=2003718&amp;asThumbnail=true"/><media:content url="http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/Coddington%27s.jpg?pictureId=2003718&amp;asGalleryImage=true"/></item><item><title>Messier 51</title><link>http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/m51.jpg?pictureId=2018512</link><description>&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Losmandy Titan, William Optics 110 Flourostar, SXV H9C + Guider&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;300 minutes&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Captured and processed Maxim DL, Photoshop&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;On the processing I kept more noise to pick up the tidal tailings leaving the galaxy. My understanding is that this collision occured about 400 million years ago.&lt;/p&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/m51.jpg?pictureId=2018512&amp;asThumbnail=true"/><media:content url="http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/m51.jpg?pictureId=2018512&amp;asGalleryImage=true"/></item><item><title>NGC 4248</title><link>http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/ngc-4248th.jpg?pictureId=2051355</link><description>&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Losmandy Titan, William Optics 110 Flourostar, SXV H9C + Guider&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;360 minutes&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Captured and processed Maxim DL, Photoshop&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;Here we are&amp;nbsp;looking for a different composition on a popular object Messier 106. Using NGC 4248 as the center point provided for the&amp;nbsp;capture of several other galaxies.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/ngc-4248th.jpg?pictureId=2051355&amp;asThumbnail=true"/><media:content url="http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/ngc-4248th.jpg?pictureId=2051355&amp;asGalleryImage=true"/></item><item><title>NGC 2419</title><link>http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/ngc-2419th.jpg?pictureId=2051382</link><description>&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Losmandy Titan, William Optics 110 Flourostar, SXV H9C + Guider&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;300 minutes&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Captured and processed Maxim DL, Photoshop&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;This globular cluster is a stiff test&amp;nbsp;for my set up. It is large and bright&amp;nbsp;but over 300,000 light years away. Recent findings suggest that the Wanderer has not left our galaxy but in fact takes an elongated route through our galaxy plane like other clusters. Neat stuff though.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/ngc-2419th.jpg?pictureId=2051382&amp;asThumbnail=true"/><media:content url="http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/ngc-2419th.jpg?pictureId=2051382&amp;asGalleryImage=true"/></item><item><title>Messier 81 82</title><link>http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/m-81-82th.jpg?pictureId=2052836</link><description>&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Losmandy Titan, William Optics 110 Flourostar, SXV H9C + Guider&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;300 minutes&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Captured and processed Maxim DL, Photoshop&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/m-81-82th.jpg?pictureId=2052836&amp;asThumbnail=true"/><media:content url="http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/m-81-82th.jpg?pictureId=2052836&amp;asGalleryImage=true"/></item><item><title>NGC 1491</title><link>http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/ngc1491th.jpg?pictureId=2053073</link><description>&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Losmandy Titan, William Optics 110 Flourostar, SXV H9C + Guider&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;180 minutes&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Captured and processed Maxim DL, Photoshop&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/ngc1491th.jpg?pictureId=2053073&amp;asThumbnail=true"/><media:content url="http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/ngc1491th.jpg?pictureId=2053073&amp;asGalleryImage=true"/></item><item><title>Barnard 33</title><link>http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/B%2033TH.jpg?pictureId=2149256</link><description>&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Losmandy Titan, William Optics 110 Flourostar, SXV H9C + Guider&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;300 minutes&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Captured and processed Maxim DL, Photoshop&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/B%2033TH.jpg?pictureId=2149256&amp;asThumbnail=true"/><media:content url="http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/B%2033TH.jpg?pictureId=2149256&amp;asGalleryImage=true"/></item><item><title>The Crab Nebula</title><link>http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/M1TH.jpg?pictureId=2149761</link><description>&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Losmandy Titan, William Optics 110 Flourostar, SXV H9C + Guider&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;300 minutes&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Captured and processed Maxim DL, Photoshop&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;The conditions were exellent for the first 120 minutes of this object. The Crab Nebula clears my observatory roof just as it passes the meridian. I was happy to keep some star colour.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/M1TH.jpg?pictureId=2149761&amp;asThumbnail=true"/><media:content url="http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/M1TH.jpg?pictureId=2149761&amp;asGalleryImage=true"/></item><item><title>m81th.jpg</title><link>http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/m81th.jpg?pictureId=2188140</link><media:thumbnail url="http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/m81th.jpg?pictureId=2188140&amp;asThumbnail=true"/><media:content url="http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/m81th.jpg?pictureId=2188140&amp;asGalleryImage=true"/></item><item><title>m3th.jpg</title><link>http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/m3th.jpg?pictureId=2193884</link><media:thumbnail url="http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/m3th.jpg?pictureId=2193884&amp;asThumbnail=true"/><media:content url="http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/m3th.jpg?pictureId=2193884&amp;asGalleryImage=true"/></item><item><title>m-63th.jpg</title><link>http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/m-63th.jpg?pictureId=2210524</link><media:thumbnail url="http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/m-63th.jpg?pictureId=2210524&amp;asThumbnail=true"/><media:content url="http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/m-63th.jpg?pictureId=2210524&amp;asGalleryImage=true"/></item><item><title>NGC 3628</title><link>http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/ngc-3628th.jpg?pictureId=2210561</link><description>&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Losmandy Titan, William Optics 110 Flourostar, SXV H9C + Guider&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;420 minutes&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Captured and processed Maxim DL, Photoshop&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/ngc-3628th.jpg?pictureId=2210561&amp;asThumbnail=true"/><media:content url="http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/ngc-3628th.jpg?pictureId=2210561&amp;asGalleryImage=true"/></item><item><title>Messier 101</title><link>http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/m-101th.jpg?pictureId=2681946</link><description>&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Losmandy Titan, William Optics 110 Flourostar, SXV H9C + Guider&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;300 minutes&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Captured and processed Maxim DL, Photoshop&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/m-101th.jpg?pictureId=2681946&amp;asThumbnail=true"/><media:content url="http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/m-101th.jpg?pictureId=2681946&amp;asGalleryImage=true"/></item><item><title>m3-one.jpg</title><link>http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/m3-one.jpg?pictureId=2683051</link><media:thumbnail url="http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/m3-one.jpg?pictureId=2683051&amp;asThumbnail=true"/><media:content url="http://theatrehipparchus.squarespace.com/picture/m3-one.jpg?pictureId=2683051&amp;asGalleryImage=true"/></item></channel></rss>