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Thanks Mike, could be off colours wise with the Fornax twins, I have never imaged those before so the colour was a bit of a guess. I am using APP and it is usually pretty good with OSC data. I might try it again with a really heavy stretch when I do the background calibration step to make sure I didn't perhaps include any of the faint shells of Fornax A in the background cal. If you do that it can skew the colours.
I aimed at 1398 on a whim while waiting for something else, I reckon I need to have a red hot go at it, it is a really pretty galaxy.
Overall I think I need to find some money to retire the SCT for something more suitable though, it just lacks that ultimate sharpness. I can see some major rejigging going on in future. Like a new newt for smaller image scales that the SCT is doing now, and a new OAG setup for my SVX80 so it can go back on my Orion AZEQ6 clone (Which would surely struggle with a decent sized newt though it carries the SCT and guides to around 0.6") and the new newt to go on the Ioptron CEM70 which has currently got my SVX80 on it, it looks tiny on there.
The SCT and Orion mount are officially my sons now, but he would not complain if I swap the scope out for something better. We share the data on those and he is learning to drive Voyager so he can capture his own with less help from me (He is 12)
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