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Originally Posted by Paul Haese
It's going to be an interesting image. I like the tiny stars but tell me you are going to get 3nm filters for that beast soon. How was your seeing on night?
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Seeing was good but not great....AO would have really given the data some snap, but no reasonable guide stars were to be found with the 7nm H-alpha in place. Guiding corrections were once every 5 seconds!
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Originally Posted by alpal
Hi Peter,
some excellent detail there that I've never seen before.
Well done - you must be more than happy with this new scope.
cheers
Allan
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Ta. It's a magnificent instrument. Just wish I could get some more time on it
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Originally Posted by Stevec35
Wonderfully sharp Peter! Looks like the start of a classic Tarantula.
Cheers
Steve
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Originally Posted by Slawomir
Great result Peter, fantastic detail and only 80 minutes of exposure!
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Originally Posted by Somnium
wow, looks like the start of a fantastic image. the cloud cover in Sydney has been extremely frustrating !!! good to see you got something
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Thanks gentlemen....I suppose the 80 minutes is relative...a 6" scope would take 9 or so hours to get the same amount of flux.