waassaabee
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I still need to get familiar with the focuser, but out of the box it looks pretty good.
M33 11 subs,13 darks @ISO1600, 5 minutes. AT8RC and modded 350D
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Gary
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Edited by waassaabee (09/27/09 07:59 PM)
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Footbag
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Not bad at all for a first go. Focus looks fine to me!
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Adam
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Stardaug
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Looks pretty good for a start. I have a couple friends using the GSO RC which is the same as the AT RC (same manufacturer) and they love the scope. Takes some really outstanding images. Enjoy!
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waassaabee
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Thanks! I'm ecstatic about the scope, just need to get comfortable with it. I didn't shoot flats, and it would probably have helped, but what it really needs is more time.
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Gary
34N 120W
-My kingdom for blue squares!-
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justabob
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Gary, any balance or focus problems? Do you have your guide scope mounted on top or a side by side? I am about to pull the trigger on this scope and a new vixen sxd.
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Nice Gary! Looking forward to more.
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SGT500
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AWESOME GARY CONGRATS!
I hope you dont mind i played around with it and got rid of the gradient
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-Sal
AstroTech Ritchey Chretien 8"
Williams Optics Zenithstar 80
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Edited by SGT500 (09/27/09 10:58 PM)
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EdmontonAB
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Great first light Gary. Your gonna love this scope and it will take no time to get use to it. Looking forward to more of your photos. It's great to compare shots taken from the same equipment.
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Steve
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Looks like a winner , im sure you are gonna get this thing dialed in no time.
This is a really good M33 and shows a lot of potential from this scope.
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I concur with what has already been said. Looks like you've got a great new toy. Hope the weather gods will spare you a little, what with this new purchase. 
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Boy
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waassaabee
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Gary, any balance or focus problems? Do you have your guide scope mounted on top or a side by side? I am about to pull the trigger on this scope and a new vixen sxd.
No balance issues at all. My guidescope is on top, and very precariously at the moment as the vixen adapters are on back order. (Note the Celestron orange vecro straps.) The new focuser has been beefed up a bit, but it (to me) seems a bit touchy. I only used one 2" extension, and they are huge so I don't think vignette will be an issue.
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Gary
34N 120W
-My kingdom for blue squares!-
WO Megrez 90FD/TV 0.8x FR/FF
AT8RC
mini Borg 50/Q-Guide/PHD
CGEM
Canon 350D Hap Griffin Baader mod - o.o
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Edited by waassaabee (09/28/09 08:05 AM)
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waassaabee
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Thanks everyone, it is indeed a new adventure.
Sal, Looks nice, what did you do for the gradient? Now do something about the noise!! 
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Gary
34N 120W
-My kingdom for blue squares!-
WO Megrez 90FD/TV 0.8x FR/FF
AT8RC
mini Borg 50/Q-Guide/PHD
CGEM
Canon 350D Hap Griffin Baader mod - o.o
My Friend Flickr
Edited by waassaabee (09/28/09 07:57 AM)
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SGT500
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Thanks Gary all i did was run it through Russel Crowmans Gradientxterminator. then i played with the color balance and that was it.
ill try and fix the noise now
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-Sal
AstroTech Ritchey Chretien 8"
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waassaabee
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I guess I need to read a bit more on GradientXterminator as I did on pass early on, but then the second try was giving me wierd results...
I think more frames is the only hope for the noise... but thanks.
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Gary
34N 120W
-My kingdom for blue squares!-
WO Megrez 90FD/TV 0.8x FR/FF
AT8RC
mini Borg 50/Q-Guide/PHD
CGEM
Canon 350D Hap Griffin Baader mod - o.o
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waassaabee
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Here's another stretch at the same stack.
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Gary
34N 120W
-My kingdom for blue squares!-
WO Megrez 90FD/TV 0.8x FR/FF
AT8RC
mini Borg 50/Q-Guide/PHD
CGEM
Canon 350D Hap Griffin Baader mod - o.o
My Friend Flickr
Edited by waassaabee (09/29/09 12:36 AM)
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waassaabee
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And the last attempt for a while as I should get busy trying to isolate the issue between my guider and my 350D. I only got 11 frames because a conflict developed and I ended up having to reboot, reinstall, blah, blah... Then I'm overhead, but balance must've been a tad off as tracking got a bit sloppy.
So here's another version, this time I used 24 darks with the 11 frames which helped an otherwise underexposed and out of focus image a little. But it's a new scope and it's all I got...
M33 could become an obsession... (I was warned!)
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Gary
34N 120W
-My kingdom for blue squares!-
WO Megrez 90FD/TV 0.8x FR/FF
AT8RC
mini Borg 50/Q-Guide/PHD
CGEM
Canon 350D Hap Griffin Baader mod - o.o
My Friend Flickr
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SGT500
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Wow that looks much better. great job
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-Sal
AstroTech Ritchey Chretien 8"
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Sooooo cool Gary! Congrats on the wonderful scope! Nice BIG galaxy image too. 
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nickatnight
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waassaabee
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Thanks Sal, It's been months since I've acquired new data, so what skills I have are a bit rusty. (Like knowing when I'm in focus.)
Nick, I can't get as deep as your 9.25, but I'm digging this scope. Vote is still out on the focuser, but everything else is great!
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Gary
34N 120W
-My kingdom for blue squares!-
WO Megrez 90FD/TV 0.8x FR/FF
AT8RC
mini Borg 50/Q-Guide/PHD
CGEM
Canon 350D Hap Griffin Baader mod - o.o
My Friend Flickr
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weatherandsky
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Gary congrats again on the first light  That last version is really really nice! Only comment is that it is a bit on the smooth side... but still looks great. Not sure if you do this or not, but try to run the noise reduction on the darker parts of the image. You can create a mask with the help of the thresholds adjustment layer ... and for some more pop in details, run some sharpening on the brighter areas (but be careful about sharpening stars) I only would sharpen the tiny stars... but leave the big and medium ones alone.
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Kerry
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