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Old 30-09-2008, 12:18 AM
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ngc253 - m8

Hi all

Finally had a clear night in Perth last night so I ventured out to the obs to try and do some imaging. I was pretty tired having done some jobs around the house for my lady but determined to try and get something with the FLT110. I set up with my MPCC, UV/IR and LPS2 filters attached to ST2000XCM and mounted direct into the 2" eyepiece holder of the OTA. The system came to focus at 99mm this time.
I didn't get a good calibration run and the images have suffered but didn't turn out as bad as I thought at first ... if you don't look too close ... OK.
Anyway here are the only 2 objects I imaged before calling it quits at around midnight after falling asleep during an exposure on 253.

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ngc253 5x360sec ( rgb's stacked only )
m8 8x360sec ( rgb and ddp files stacked together )
adjusted in PS CS3

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