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Old 10-12-2006, 12:24 AM
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First Wide Field Pictures

Since this is the first really clear night since I bought the camera I thought I'd put it and myself to the test.
I set the timer on the camera to 2 seconds to allow for shaking after pushing the button.

The Hyades/Pleiades, 6 images of 3.2 sec @ ISO 800 F3.5
Canis Major, 5 images of 3.2 sec @ ISO 800 F3.5
Orion, 6 images of 2.5sec @ ISO 800 F3.5 I allowed shorter exposure time cause I did zoom in a little.
All stacked in Registax.

Without tracking I didn't want to push the exposure time too far. Could I have let it go for longer?
My next purchase is a power adapter, gee this camera can chew through the batteries.
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