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Old 31-08-2019, 04:32 PM
Startrek (Martin)
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M16 Eagle above Sydney skies

1st time imaging M16 Eagle Nebula under Sydney’s light pollution
6” f6 Bintel newt on an HEQ5 mount
PHD2 guiding ( moved the guide scope from off set shoe bracket on to a losmandy bar along top of tube rings )
Mount not balanced that well but guiding was ok around 1.20 to 1.40 arc sec error
Seeing was average , plenty of dew around and a few annoying wispy high clouds drifting by
ISO 800
Canon 600D with Baader coma corrector
42 x 2 minute dithered guided subs
20 x darks
Stacked in DSS
Processed in Startools

Thanks for looking , comments most welcome
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