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Old 21-06-2008, 09:49 AM
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Very nice Arp.
Thanks Jeff.

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Originally Posted by Alchemy View Post
very well presented image, have had a look at your website in the past and you have done some lovely and varied work. Theres a huge number of galaxies there, ive never gone more than 3 hrs must have a crack at going longer just to see how much difference it makes. Always enjoy a look at your work

no-one else seems to have asked so i will- why the extra diffraction spike ? (the softer vertical one)

cheers clive
The ST-10XME has a microlens over each individual pixel designed to increase quantum efficiency. For scopes with f-ratios less than 7 (such as the BRC-250), this can show up as an extra vertical spike. SBIG has software that can remove the spike but it doesn't bother me.

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Steven
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