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Old 06-02-2009, 05:02 PM
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kinetic (Steve)
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike View Post

I can't tell from the size image you have posted so to check if you have some really good resolution in that image, look at your raw data and see if the arrowed star is clearly two stars and if it is you indeed have excellent resolution

Mike
Hi,

thanks everyone for the feedback,

Mike, the raw FIT doesn't get much better with every type
of deconvolve/sharpen/ Umask I throw at it....so failing that
I can still :
1. Simply take more frames on a night of good seeing.
2. Be a bit more fussy over the 'handpicking' of frames.
3. turn on PEC
4. All 3

Another big contributor is the stability of the GEM platform.
If I can use 200 from 300 frames in a stack and get this sort
of resolution( keeping in mind I am imaging at 1500 FL),
that's gotta be saying something about how good I'm tracking.
I'm not using autoguiding here.

Steve
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