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Old 09-08-2006, 02:13 PM
Dennis
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Hey Robert

That is a great result for the poor seeing from last night - a big well done for deploying all your capture and processing skills to squeeze so much out of the 2/3 out of 10 skies. I had a bash at Uranus and moons instead, but the planet was bloated and wobbling like jelly, so the results weren't too good.

What is the longest exposure the DMK can take? I know the chip may not be as sensitive as a cooled ST7E chip, but it would be a really good project to try to get some colour in Uranus and Neptune, along with a moon or two, with your set up and skills.

The biggest challenge will probably be getting sufficiently good tracking to allow for several multi-second exposures without the image smearing too much.

Cheers

Dennis
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