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Old 14-03-2014, 07:39 AM
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Lee "Wormsy" Borsboom

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Originally Posted by doppler View Post
Great first shot. Your tracking looks good. You need to use a remote shutter release or the inbuilt camera delay timer, it makes big difference if everything is really steady.
Thanks doppler :-) You're right, that could have also contributed. It was only a 10sec exposure though and in the full res you can see some indication of poor alignment (stars are a little elongated). I had tried some 25sec exposures and that got significantly worse.

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Originally Posted by kosh View Post
Hey that's really not a bad image there Lee! Keep it up.
Thanks kosh :-)

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Originally Posted by raymo View Post
Hi Lee, It's not a bad first effort, but you need to post your image
acquisition details such as exposure length, ISO, etc, so that people
can help with your learning curve if necessary.
raymo
Thanks raymo :-)

Mount: Celestron CG5
Scope: Skywatcher Black Diamond ED80
Camera: Nikon D5100
ISO: 1600
Exposure time: 10s

Single exposure, no stacking, darks, flats etc.
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