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M57

M57_web.jpg
02OCT2005: Shrewsbury, MA
Olympus OM-1 at prime focus of Meade LX200 Schmidt-Cassegrain 10" Scope, Kodak Elite Chrome 200 Slide Format, ~6min. Shot was self guided through an off-axis guider. Slides were scanned using Minolta DiMage Scan Dual3.

Guest photo by Phattstar

M57 is a planetary nebula, which is basically a sphere of expanding gas from a star which exploded and shed it's outer layers about 6000 years ago.

Posted by Butta Phat on May 6, 2006 03:15 PM |

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Hey Beavis, uhhh huh huh, come look at my sphere of expanding gas.

Seriously, though, this is a neat picture.

Posted by: Les | May 6, 2006 03:22 PM

Phattstar welcome welcome! This is quite an intro to your work and I hope you'll continue - now if I can just get professor Danny onboard.

Posted by: Lo Fat Mo | May 13, 2006 06:31 PM

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