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Old 23-06-2014, 10:15 PM
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Time to bag my first galaxy

Had to jump outside last night after wasting all Saturday night waiting for the clouds to disappear (they didn't).
Quickly set up and got things underway by just before 10pm (bad idea with work next day). Got 35 subs of 2 minutes and took 15 darks. I haven't bothered with bias and flats until I gain more practice with the basics.
The result of the first stack revealed field rotation so my PA needs to be more accurate. The PHD graph wasn't real pretty either but hey, let's push on. Tonight I re stacked with 2 reference points to correct the field rotation and I am happy with the result.
Full res available here: http://www.astrobin.com/103549/B/
As always criticism and constructive comments are welcome.
Bruce.
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