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Old 05-05-2018, 12:10 PM
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NGC 5139 + Dust

Shot this about two weeks ago over the new moon while I was waiting for other things to rise. I had hoped on getting more data but just before I started capturing I realised that I hadn't set my camera orientation and then one or two other things happened that I cannot quite remember now. Had wanted about an hour of data but got left with 20 minutes.

As I only captured 10x120s (20 minutes) what I do find curious is that in most images on the net you don't see the dusty region to the right (well, the right with my orientation). I know my colour calibration needs some attention but I do find it interesting that many don't bring out the dust a bit more. Made it is the field size?

Anyway, here is a link to a higher res version that certainly lacks some of the nice colour definition in some higher res images (longer focal length) but I do plan on trying it with something other than a short focal length refractor
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