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Old 09-01-2021, 08:33 AM
sneaks (Paul)
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Join Date: Jan 2021
Location: Melbourne AUSTRALIA
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Thanks
I had a successful first test. Polar alignment took me an hour, because I could barely see the stars required through the alignment scope. The sky is quite bright here in inner Melbourne. I don't know if I could do it again with a moon out.
But I got it to match the pattern in the scope quite nicely. After that it seemed to track really well - but what do I know haha.

This is a zoomed in shot (55-250mm lens, only one I have atm). 30s capture to see if it would star trail on me.
There is some squiggly stuff which I think came from pressing the capture button on the camera. I should have put a 2s timer on or something.
(Intervalometer/camera control cable/etc still coming in the mail.)

It was fun. Now to learn how to process an image....

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qsulsq1mz1..._4294.JPG?dl=0

Question: the image has red pixels randomly throughout the image. Is that normal? Or is my camera sensor dodgy?
Thanks guys.
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