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Old 27-02-2018, 11:59 AM
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Great image Chris

You may have 3 hours, and now add another 30...

Try 240s exposures.

Well done.
Thanks Alex & Peter, yes I'd like to get more on it. Maybe get some more next month before it goes too far west for me.

I'm not sure longer subs would help. I used Shiraz's spreadsheet calculator and 60 - 90 sec seems to give near-optimal SNR with this camera, focal ratio etc. Anything above that doesn't improve it much and will just cause more saturation. It does take a long time to register/integrate etc with hundreds of subs though - suppose thats the rub with CMOS cameras ?
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