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Old 05-10-2013, 10:08 AM
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Enjoyed the crisp details Stuart. Shame about the gradient drama and ditching the data. Background could be cleaner with the application of flats, but hey any imaging being done in Melbourne of late is good imaging. Apparently the wettest year in the last three decades. Well done. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Jase,

I really need to take some flats, should have done it last night, but was a bit buggered. The weather of late has been almost the opposite of what I expect, cloudy days and then, just as the sun is setting, the skies have cleared. The main problem then is waiting for the scope to cool so the focus doesn't shift too much. If I had my eye on the weather earlier I would have had the fans running much earlier.

Do you think that the focus change from low temperature to ambient Melbourne would change the appearance of the dust bunnies enough to make flat application difficult?

Cheers
Stuart
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