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Originally Posted by tornado33
very nice. The subs would be good as 7 mins @f4.7 gets plenty of light
Scott
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Thanks Scott. Yes, any longer than 7 minutes from test i have done will degrade the image rather than capturing more photons due to my light polluted area.
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Originally Posted by Tamtarn
Just caught up with this one and it's a real gem Eric.
Just love the colour and the detail is excellent. Boy oh boy you're really pumping the images out at a fast pace. Can't keep up  |
LOL, trying to take advantage form recent melb weather and low moon. any chance i can get buddy
(even waking up late for work!
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Originally Posted by bluescope
Great image Eric ! Your guiding is always spot on .... do you use your EQ6's polar scope to align or do you drift ? You must have a good routine going as I know you don't have a permanent setup do you or do you ?
From where I image M1 is over in the bright city light zone !!!!
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Thanks Steve. Yes thats correct. I dont have an observatory. What i normally do with the EQ6 is take the thing out, plonk on the markings and thats pretty much it. My polar alignment i can tell you is wayy off. i don't use drift align i normally look into the polar scope. The main reason why polar alignment doesnt concern me is due to autoguiding. This will eliminate accuracy of the mount. I also don't do PEC training lol. My autoguiding is the main thing. I can do over 10 minutes subs but due to my light polluted area, as i said to Scott, anything over 7 minutes will degrade my image.