The trials, tribulations and small triumphs of a Charlotte, NC astronomer imaging under Bortle 8/9 skies.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
M13
The lovely globular M13 has been described as looking like sugar spilled on a black table cloth. This is a single 30 second exposure on the 14 inch with CanonXTi. The bad news--this was the last pic i took before the 14 inch scope started to have RA drive problems. I have a feeling I might have an expensive shipping bill coming up, as well as some weeks of waiting for the scope to be fixed. I should know more tomorrow.
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