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Great image Paul. Lovely detail. Only comment is as you point out it may be too dark for some. Its a tad dark for me but not by much. It does make it a bit moody in the darker colour.
I think also the smoothness comes from the full frame size of the sensor versus the smaller size of the 8300 sensor. The 11002 is has several times the imaging area and light collection area of the 8300 chip. SBIG STXL read noise is listed at 11 electrons and the FLI ML8300 is 11 electrons also. QSI's 8300 may be a bit lower. Also scope aperture plays a big part. Big sensor large aperture is still the king formula. I remember really liking Russell Cromans Horsehead nebula and was stunned to find out it was something like an hour and a half exposure time with a 20 inch RC and STL11.
Greg.
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