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Old 16-07-2007, 06:41 PM
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M42 has a very wide dynamic range, you wont get any nebulae at all with faster exposures. A few minuites at least are required to see the beauty of M42 (mixed with fast exposures to stop core burnout). Even manual guiding on a dob with exposures of a few minuites will do wonders for this object.
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