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Old 10-09-2007, 04:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Astroman View Post
wow thats alot of Darks, probably more than whats needed on the image. But wont hurt it much. Top stuff.
Berry and Burnell in Handbook of Astronomical Image Processing recommend 5 times as many darks as lights and go into detail why. I must admit that I am seldom this diligent, but it's quite easy to set the camera with a remote control and let it chug away while u sleep
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