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Old 11-11-2007, 10:03 AM
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NGC253 - first guided image

This is my first attempt at auto-guiding. I used a Celestron 8" SCT with a 6.3 Meade Focal reducer on a CG-5 mount, auto-guided through 80mm refractor using an unmodded Toucam, PHD Guiding and GPUSB, and Canon 350D.

I also tried to focus using DSLRFocus. Not sure if I got the focus correct, but it is easier to use than manual focus using the viewer on the camera.

10 x 300sec @ ISO800
Processing in DSS and then Photoshop.

I currently have a 1.25" T-adaptor and I get a lot of Vignetting. Does any know if a 2" T-adaptor would help to reduce this?

Any comments or ideas of how to improve greatly appreciated.
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