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NGC 5128 Centaurus A Galaxy
After raining most of the day it cleared around 6pm with the evening forecast looking ok
After a 2 hour set up in the backyard , polar aligned by 9.30pm and started my first sub on Centaurus A Galaxy around 10pm
There was so much moisture around after the rain on the ground and in the air so had my 4 Kendrick heater bands on full for the first hour
Seeing was a bit poor early on but by midnight there was a significant improvement
60% waxing moon was setting in the north west
Finished up around 1.30am
8” f5 Bintel GSO newt on an EQ6-R Mount
Canon 600D stock DSLR with home made cooling fan ( no filters ) sensor temp around 25 deg C
ISO 800
40 x 3 minute dithered guided subs
25 x darks
PHD2 guiding around 0.90 to 1.10 arc sec error
Goto and tracking EQMOD, StellariumScope and Stellarium
Frame , focus and capture BYEOS
Stacked in DSS
Processed in Startools V1.4
Thanks for looking , comments welcome
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