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Old 23-08-2014, 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Octane View Post
Look at those pinpoint round stars!

Were your exposures 30 minutes in duration each?

Look forward to the final product! I've been capturing this with the FSQ as filler waiting for NGC253 to rise; it's a tiny little blob in the middle of the screen.

H
Thanks H.... I started with 20 minute subs but quickly realised 30 minutes was the way to go. In fact I'd go deeper again, but I suspect there is a plot by Sydney ATC to constantly vector aircraft above my obs

The seeing however wasn't the best for a good portion of the data run, so I think some needs to be tossed and replaced.

That said, I'm pretty happy with getting some rarely imaged, faint outer detail from the 'burbs.
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