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Originally Posted by astroboy
Hi Chris
The shots came out well be good to see what longer exposures will do.
A couple of corrections re the equipment , the Meade 10" SN has a ED correcter / flatener / reducer which makes it F3.5 with out the corrector you get dodgy looking stars off axis .
And I think the milky way shots were taken with your 50 mm F1.4 stoped down to F2.8
Great to see you and Jenny and the MAS boys .
Good luck with the binos 
Thanks
Zane |
Thanks for those corrections Zane - you're totally correct. It was the 50mm f/1.4 stopped down to 2.8 for that sequence. Using the older Ai lenses they don't provide, of course, the camera with any EXIF-related data.
Here's another one from that night too - the LMC: