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Originally Posted by alpal
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How do I do it Al?...well, I have lots of fun, some decent equipment, a bit of tenacity aaand..?..beer
Seriously...thanks mate, you are always encouraging with your feedback, much appreciated
...I'd be happy with a 16" - 20" at Cerro Tololo....yeeeah, nup, that'd do
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Originally Posted by gregbradley
That's a ripper Mike. Your dedication shows in the quality of the image.
You go hard brother.
Greg.
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Thanks Mate, I try bro
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Originally Posted by tornado33
Very nice, and it looks so "original" without excessive noise reduction, so all the detail is well preserved. Lots of small background galaxies too
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Thanks Scotty, yeah I get what you are saying and it is pretty spot on, I often leave a tiny tad of blemish in my images, I tend to prefer that to over corrected/smoothed etc
probably a hangover from the golden years of astrophotography
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Originally Posted by Paul Haese
Nice image Mike, the detail is very nice and I have placed that on my very large list of objects to image. I hope that with the Aluma 694 I have I can have a go at this fairly soon, but it might have to wait until next year.
If you don't use a command programme, how do you focus and how often? the focus looks very good. I have noted that focus on the AG12's I have shifts reasonably over the course of the first 3 hours of imaging. My focus routine focuses every 45 minutes to obtain the sharpest data, but I might be focusing too often.
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Thanks Paul
, our scopes are pretty capable (once tuned...and in some cases, worked on extensively by capable friends, or even modified
luckily not in my case
). I focus by simply looking at a focus star up close on the screen and click on the in/out buttons on the Atlas focuser control panel on the screen until the focus star is as small as possible, easy and quick
..basic but effective. I tend to focus about every 30-60min but this is often me being pedantic to just make sure, or between filters. I find the scope holds focus quite well.
Mike