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Old 25-11-2016, 10:26 AM
mikeyjames (Mick)
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Clear skies Saturday night. Left home at 9.00pm, 1 hour drive north of Melbourne and I was imaging by 10.45pm. EQ5 RA motor not performing well, had to throw away many subs with periodic errors. Ended up with 10 x 30 sec subs for the Horsehead and only 5 x 30 sec subs for M42 which was shot through a Baader nebula filter.

Unguided prime focus of a 200mm f5 Newt with a modded Canon 550d @ 3200iso.
Wow, 5 x 30 seconds for M42. Looks really good.

I hope you don't mind a question. With the modded camera what are you doing for white balance when taking these pics?

Thanks
Mick
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