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Old 12-12-2007, 08:14 PM
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Yea, I know Ken, that would be the same as letting the Camera do it, in time wise.

I understand all the reasons for the flats and darks, i just want to know the effect of using darks that do no necessarily match the temp of the light.

If there was no real significant difference in the end results, my time could be better spent at imaging the light data of objects, rather than waiting the same amount of time for each dark to be had at the length of the light exposure.

For example, if I took 10 images of m42 at 3 mins each, I also have to wait for the camera to take 10 darks at 3 mins each, which in turn doubles the time, for which i could be imaging lights.

So at the end of the night I could let the camera fire off as many darks as it wants and go to bed, so to speak.

Leon
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