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Another M42 - criticism welcome
After several months of trying to mediate an argument between my mount and guiding software, I've sent them both to their rooms for awhile. I'm concentrating now on learning to drift align and have put auto-tracking on the shelf for the time being.
Taken 2 nights ago, this is my first attempt with drift alignment. I was able to salvage one 120-second exposure along with four @ 90-seconds and four @ 60-seconds, for a total of 12 minutes (I thought for sure, after being out until 4:30 a.m., I had at least 3 hours of data. LOL.)
There's a mix of 400 ISO and 800 ISO. This was shot prime focus with a Canon 400D unmodified through a Meade 6" SN on an LXD75 mount. I applied flats first with PS, then aligned, stacked, and applied darks in Lykeos (Mac), then back to PS for processing.
Anyway, I'm looking for criticism... suggestions on doing a better job.
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