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Old 16-04-2008, 01:03 AM
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Geeezzzz, go man go !
Good to see you making the most out of your clear nights Steve, and getting some time with the new camera!
And as mentioned with your other post, good to see you breaking the small time exposure barrier.

Great to get some images under your belt and some satisfaction from the money invested that's for sure. Time at the scope with your gear certainly helps one get to know how far you can go, what the short falls are and what is needed to make your time well spent.

I reckon now you ought to start taking many exposures of the one object and combine them, then this will enable you to stretch them to get the most out of the data, it will reduce noise in your images plus bring out fine faint details. Very rewarding sitting in front of the computer watching it all come together.
Work on one object per night and nail it right down. Take one object over two nights. More sub exposures the better.
I know your just getting into longer exposures, but maybe it's time to think about auto guiding. Beats a stiff neck
Pick up a cheap acro refractor and even a webcam will get you going.

Don't take me the wrong way here, I'm just being honest with good intentions is all.
With this set up you have, your images will rock with a bit more time per object invested!

Any ways, keep up the good work.
All the best
Rich
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