Texas Star Party 2009 Ft. Davis, Texas
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     The Trio in Leo  - Constellation - Leo which consisted of M-95, M-96 and M-66  I had a little trouble finding a guide star this evening, that's what M-106 is a little low in the image.  The image consist of 1:30 minutes of luminous, 25 minutes of red, 25 minutes of green, 25 minutes of blue.  Imaged acquired with my  TOA-130 at F5.6, SBIG ST-8xe camera. 
     M - 58 a spiral galaxy - Constellation - Coma Berenices  along with the Siamese Twins a spiral galaxy, NGC 4564 an Elliptical Galaxy.  This image consist of 1 hour of luminous, 25 minutes of red, 25 minutes of green, and 25 minutes of blue.  The image was acquired with my TOA 130 at F/5.6 with my SBIG ST-8xe camera. 
     M-81 Bode's Nebula and M-82 Cigar Galaxy   This image consisted of 1:30 minutes of luminous, 25 minutes of red, 25 minutes of green, and 25 minutes of blue. Images were acquired with my TOA 130 at F/5.6, SBIG ST-8xe camera with Maxium DL software.  The final processing was done in Photoshop. 
     M-95 a spiral galaxy and M-96 a spiral galaxy - Constellation - Leo was my next target.  This image consisted of 1:00 of luminous, 25 minutes of red, 25 minutes of green, and 25 minutes of blue.  Images were acquired with my TOA 130 at F/5.6, SBIG ST-8xe camera with MaxiumDL software.  The final processing was done in Photoshop. 
     M-101 a very beautiful  spiral galaxy was my next target.  This image consisted of 1:35 minutes of luminous, 25 minutes of red, 25 minutes of green, 25 minutes of blue.  The image was acquired with my TOA at F/7.6, SBIG ST-8xe camera, with MaxiumDL software.  The final image processing was done in Photoshop. 
     M-109 a spiral galaxy - Constellation Ursa Major.  The images consisted of 1:30 minutes of luminous which three had to be thrown away due to satellites flying through the images, 25 minutes of red, 25 minutes of green, 25 minutes of blue.     The image was acquired with my TOA at F/7.6, SBIG ST-8xe camera, with MaxiumDL software.  The final image processing was done in Photoshop. 
     M-109 cropped 
      M-106 and very nice looking spiral galaxy - Constellation Canes Venatici.  This Image consisted of 1:30 minutes of luminous, 25 minutes of red, 25 minutes of green, and 25 minutes of blue.  I was very windy this evening and my Sky Tent really saved the day. 
The images was obtained with my TOA-130, at F/7.6, SBIG 8xe camera with MasiumDL software.  The final image processing was done in good old Photoshop.   
     This was a very favorite image I did all week.  M-84 Elliptical Galaxy, M-86 Elliptical Galaxy ,  Nonet The Eye,  NGC-4402,  NGC-4388, NGC-4413, NGC-4425, IC3303, NGC-4387 and several more little galaxy that  were captured.  This Image consited of 1:35 minutes of luminous, 25 minutes of red, 25 minutes of green, and 25 minutes of blue.  The images was obtained with my TOA-130, at F/7.6, SBIG 8xe camera with MasiumDL software.  The final image processing was done in good old Photoshop.  
     This image NGC-2264 Christmas Tree - Constellation - Monoceros was taken before TSP started on the "Chicken Killer Trip" to Leakey, Texas.  The image was acquired with my TOA at F/5.6, SBIG ST-8xe camera, with MaxiumDL software.  The final image processing was done in Photoshop.   The sky was really soft this evening with lots of moisture to work with.  The image consisted of 1 hours worth of luminous, 25 minutes of Red, 25 minutes of Green, and 25 minutes of Blue. 
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