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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
Excellent Col, came out a treat, the SMC is pretty boring until you whack on the Ha/OIII filters, then a maelstrom of bubbles appears 
If the wind is strong and gusty but consistently blowing around, the guiding errors can even out pretty well. The details will be blurred a little of course but after stacking and averaging it can look ok, like you have seen here Back in 2008, I shot the Witchhead from Wiruna, with my AP152EDF on the NJP mount, in seriously, ridiculously howling winds and couldn't believe the image I managed to salvage none the less  ...it just didn't make sense...  
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The SMC really pops with narrowband. A few years ago I did a 15 panel 21 hour mosaic in RGB and the stars really came out but the nebulosity didn’t so much.
If i was working a wider image scale I’d have been fine. I’m planning a 2.6”/pixe wide field setup which will be able to image under any wind conditions that don’t physically knock the tripod over
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Originally Posted by ChrisV
Very nice Colin. Maybe the wind blew all the gunge out of your Melbourne air. Compensation for the wind?
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It was a northerly so it was just blowing NSW air down to Melbourne, not what we want
