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Old 09-10-2013, 02:35 PM
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QHY 1st Light, rough Brumby + Colorful repro

Hi all, sorry being a bit absent of late due to one or other.

Well, 1st light for the QHY-10 out Leyburn, which took a night and a half to figure-out the capture program enough for some semi reasonable data collection, and excited at what this camera is capable of, tho I'm far from utilizing its full potential yet, thats for sure.
I also need to calibrate the Gain & Offset values properly also, so I used estimated Gain 40 & Offset 120 which seem to be in the ball park somewhere ?

Also, this quick, hense: rough, result leaves a lot to be desired, tho Im excited with the 'Curtain ripples' behind the horsehead ! Please also forgive my Stars as they have no color and bad edges for starters & the whole image is just a quicky & a learning curve which the data would be a lot better off in experienced hand tho I hope to get bit better with practice

This result was a 3 of 6, dont ask DSS Stack of 1200 sec '20mins' Light subs, no darks, flats etc, at -35degs, 10" F4.7 newt, phd guide.
Thanx for looking !
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