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Old 10-10-2008, 08:57 AM
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bkm2304 (Richard Brown)
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Thanks guys.
My first clean "capture" so to speak. I am still - and probably always will be - learning how to drive this thing http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=36163

The view of the whole lunar surface in a wide field eyepiece is just so clear, I feel like I am looking through a 100mm Takahashi

The next big challenge is to get the GStar working at full tilt. Picked up a star at mag 19.2 with only 140 x 2.5sec AVI frames stacked. This despite being no dark or flat, so great promise ahead for the really faint comets novae etc.

My son and I have been busy making the scope remote controlled. I can sit in my kitchen looking out the back window and drive in mosquito - free comfort!

Richard
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