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Originally Posted by bluescope
...not to forget their dark sky locations ( Yass and New Mexico ) and their years of experience.
What can I say ! I'd love to not have mercury vapour street lights from two major roads, multiple car yards, a cafe strip plus shopping centre - next street - 200 metres over to the west, a major industrial area 1-2kms to the east and a bloody capital city 2-3kms away to the north. Geez when I think about my location it makes me really pissed off  Sorry ! |
I wouldn't blame your environment too much Steve. I feel certain once you sort out your auto guiding woes and spend a little more time processing the data, you'll come up with some great images. You may choose to remove the elongated star subs from the combine function. Having dark skies for imaging is a bonus, but over time you'll become proficient at deal with light pollution gradients and balancing colours (i.e. subtly dropping the green channel to reduce the impact of light pollution or introducing a LPR filter into the imaging train). You'll find a big break though when you go longer in your subs. Don't forget to take some flats too. Look forward to seeing more.