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Old 12-01-2021, 01:04 PM
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Last 3 nights session

Got some beaute nights here in western Sydney since last Saturday.

Seeing was very good Saturday, Sunday still alright, last night transparency and seeing weren't crash hot and some high level clouds rolled in after 3:00am but it wasn't a show stopper.

I recently got a zwo duo-band filter from the classifieds so I plugged that in and shot some mono lums with the QHY9 and old Q. My LP is so bad now that color is out of the question and even NB or straight LUM is starting to be challenging due to horrid gradients in wide fields with the distribution center 200m West of me behind the M7.

I'm officially in the red zone now. As good as it gets I believe. Flood lights galore. There's also a Bunnings somewhere in there but you can't tell because of all the other flood lights. Next is sunnies and banana boat 50+.

This one is the Horse head ~5h in 5min subs. It's a nice wide field with good details. Contrast is as good as it gets for my location unfortunately but I'm happy with that one.

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Old 12-01-2021, 01:45 PM
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Hey how cool is that Marc, excellent work.

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Old 12-01-2021, 02:24 PM
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The area around the Flame is superb, with rich and subtle detail.





To get that result under such adverse conditions requires great skill.
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Old 12-01-2021, 02:55 PM
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Very sharp and lots of details. Nice one.

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Old 12-01-2021, 02:59 PM
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Yep. Most excellent.
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Old 12-01-2021, 04:54 PM
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Very sharp and lots of details. Nice one.

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Hey how cool is that Marc, excellent work.

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Old 12-01-2021, 05:50 PM
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I feel your pain but applaud your efforts and results
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Old 12-01-2021, 05:56 PM
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Mate that’s awesome given your local LP conditions.
As you know we were up at Katoomba the last few nights and the skies were wonderful.
Glad you got some scope time in Marc.

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Exquisite detail!
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Mate that’s awesome given your local LP conditions.
As you know we were up at Katoomba the last few nights and the skies were wonderful.
Glad you got some scope time in Marc.

Thanks mate. I hope you brought a DSLR at least or was it too dangerous?


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Way too dangerous mate.

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That’s great work Marc and good to see you getting some clear skies.
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Thanks mate It was great to be out again. It's been a while.
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Old 19-01-2021, 09:40 PM
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You're knocking it out of the park with definition Marc! Nicely done! How about some colour now?
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You're knocking it out of the park with definition Marc! Nicely done! How about some colour now?
Thanks mate. That was the aim.
Color? Hang on.... I'm on the phone with Bunnings and West Farmers...
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really nice detail there Marc. No good about the LP!!!
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really nice detail there Marc. No good about the LP!!!
Thanks Russ. Not good no. Have to drift align now. Can't even see octans in my polar scope. The other night I realised my PA was off by nearly 1 degree. I got the wrong stars in the new reticule pattern. Thank fully it didn't affect anything I shot in Orion as it's close to the equator but when I spent the second half of the night on Carina the field rotation was so bad stars were trailing on 5min subs. I couldn't figure out why until I realised what it was. Lost one bloody night.
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Rather nice looking B&W horsey that Marc, quite satisfying for an imaging tragic I am sure

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