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Originally Posted by foc
Were you guided by any of the astro conditions predictors? It would be really handy for me if any worked for Canberra.
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I cannot be bothered checking meteorological data and fully rely on the 'lucky imaging' principle, ie. shooting when it's clear for a set time window and hoping to catch atmospheric voids.. From experience they are usually very short lived (<5 minutes). Of course if bright stars are twinkling like mad I don't bother to try.
I'm located on the very edge of the city and my north west horizon overlooks paddocks that haven't been build up yet. I guess lack of heat sources minimises turbulence somewhat but agree not much can be done with high alt jetstream.
Here's a Solis Lacus pic taken in the first half hour after midnight on Friday morning. Spent more time in post processing due to poorer seeing resulting in lower contrast of albedo features. Still a fairly reasonable result here.
Cheers,
Seb