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Old 06-10-2008, 10:39 PM
Dennis
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Join Date: May 2005
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Thanks Dave & Kev, I appreciate your comments.

This was a fairly serious undertaking compared to my usual “point and click” space tourist approach! The whole journey turned out to be a bit of a roller coaster ride as I felt for sure that I “should” have recorded Sycorax.

After acquiring 2 x 30 minute frames I “blinked” them using the “blink comparator” in CCDSoft and lo and behold, I saw what appeared to be a body moving between the 2 frames. However, in the fullness of day and with another 3 sub frames of 30 minutes, it was evident that the “moving body” was an imaging artefact and not Sycorax.

However, I had some real fun exploring all the various web sites and tools to help with my search and the whole process certainly gave me an insight into the more serious side of astronomy. I’m glad it’s a hobby and don’t have to meet goals and objectives and get measured against key performance indicators in order to earn a salary!

I also learned a little more about CS3 along the way.

Cheers

Dennis
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