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Old 24-04-2007, 10:22 AM
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g__day (Matthew)
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Suggestion try a 20 - 40 second shot of Orion (and object with many bright and faint details in it) then a 20 - 40 second shot of Omega cluster or 47 tuc (which has mostly faint details). It will give you an idea of how your gear is working.

Consider avoiding the moon or Jupiter etc until you have the hang of imaging. I found trying to image bright objects annoying!

Learn how to do and subtract dark, then in photoshop learn how to iterate through levels (adjust to the dark point to the base of the curve up) an then curves to boost the signal of the faint details.

That's a start in a steep learning curve! Welcome aboard!
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