| yock1960 |
| (professor emeritus) |
| 10/24/08 09:51 PM |
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M27 improvement
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Less color in the nebula than my 1st attempt here:
http://tinyurl.com/65hlo4
but much tighter stars (still not sure if I like the diffraction spikes) and a great deal more stars, including the central star of M27 (I think). The little ETX was tracking well that night!
M27 10/21/08 @ 2207 EDT
ETX-80 w/ SPC900NC SC1
61 10 second frames stacked in DSS
processed with PS6 & Astronomy Tools
| Nils_Lars |
| (Post Laureate) |
| 10/25/08 12:44 AM |
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Re: M27 improvement
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Cool shot , I kinda like the spikes.
| NeoDinian |
| (Experienced Postmaster) |
| 10/25/08 11:52 AM |
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Re: M27 improvement
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With the soft glow, I'd say you had some Dew problems.
Nice image though.
| yock1960 |
| (professor emeritus) |
| 10/25/08 01:39 PM |
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Re: M27 improvement
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It's possible, but I don't think so. I think I had the gamma too high. I'm still experimenting, trying to get the most from the short exposures I can do in ALT/AZ. Until (if) I can get polar mode working with this mount, which probably won't be until I get too exasperated with what I can accomplish this way. I'm still at the point where I don't want to waste any imaging oppurtunities and with everthing else, don't have enough time to fool with it and do imaging both! Eventually, I'll get frustrated and figure out a way to get it to work or upgrade.