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Old 10-10-2013, 10:25 PM
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lazjen (Chris)
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NGC253 - My first galaxy pic

The third image from my dark site visit last weekend - NGC253. I was inspired to chase this from other posts I saw on this forum recently.

ISO800, 39 x 2min subs, 31 darks, 20 Flats/Dark Flats.

This was difficult to take as I had trouble just finding a guide star. And when I did, I couldn't seem to crack 2 min subs without errors appearing. I dropped back to 2 min for more success (I took 44 I think, so not too bad).

This has been cropped. The original had a number of artifacts on the side - I think reflections again. I may also reprocess this one again with a better selection of darks (and maybe separate groupings) as the temperature range for the light images varied significantly.

Anyway, for my first galaxy pic, I'm pretty happy.

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Large version (reprocessed, see details below): https://plus.google.com/117947786043...ts/HhfA6N6hkig

Last edited by lazjen; 12-10-2013 at 09:06 AM.
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