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Thanks Dunk. Phil, there are several obstacles in the way of my
improvement. Firstly, the only scope I have that would be suitable
for use with an autoguider is an SW 80, which together with the
camera and autoguider take the HEQ5 to it's absolute weight limit,
which as you would know is not good for imaging.[ or the motors].
Secondly, SWMBO strongly dislikes my hobby, so I am generally
limited to sessions of 2 1/2 hrs or so, including setup and breakdown,
so I am ,understandably, I think, reluctant to spend much time
achieving decent PA. This ultimately will limit my subs to maybe 2 mins
or so.
Thirdly, advancing years are making the setup more of a chore.
I will probably limit my imaging to the SW 80 in the not too distant
future.
Fourthly, as I mentioned on another thread, my short term memory
is poor, so if I don't do a particular manipulation during
processing for a while, then I struggle to remember how to do it.
It would obviously be impractical to write down how to carry out every
one of the scores of manipulations in the various software I use.
Having said all this, I thank you and everyone else for your encouragement and suggestions, and will continue my efforts to
improve.
raymo
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