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Old 26-08-2006, 10:58 AM
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Helix Nebula

HI Guys,

Got my camera working properly last night and had to have a go at this months DSO challenge.

The flat field did not work to well so I will have to work on that one again.

20 x 4 minute autoguided exposure's at ISO800 on the 10" LX200R at F8

Cooled modded Canon 350D.
Ambient was 15°c
Relative Humidity 80%
CMOS temp 4°c was set to its warmest possible temperture..this is done by the way of slowing down the fan making cooling less efficent...I was worried if I turned the fan up to max then it would have easily gone below -5°c...I dont want that condensation again.

Pretty happy with the results.
Hope you like.
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