Thanks Louie and Paul!
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How did you capture and process the image? These are the sort of skills I really want to learn.
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Whew Paul...That question could be answered in 2000 pages or more. What's the line limit of the Quick Reply window
Ok in a nutshell,
1) Planning. Knowing the object size, how it will frame with your camera and the guidestar selection which will may involve camera reorientation. This is really important. I pre-plan all of my images and know which guidestar I will use and the framing of the object well before I approach the scope.
2) Be in it for the long haul. Many people like to image as many objects as possible in one night. I like to image as much of one object as needed to get a good image of it. This may take weeks!
3) Once all is planned, it is repeatable. With an image like this, with target objects scattered all over the field, repeatable positioning is very important from night-to-night.
4) I accumulate the nights images and do a rough process of them to see if the signal-to-noise ratio is high enough to stop. If not, I will do another night on the same object.
5) Repeat the last step until done.
P.S. Many details have been omitted to protect the disinterested
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Maybe you could run a SE-QLD astrofest like the Kiwis have just done.
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I'd love to do something like that in the future. Ron Wodaski does imaging camps in the states and they are very popular.