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Old 02-07-2009, 12:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Hagar View Post
Nice shot of this dim galaxy Stuart. I do notice some of your stars seem to have little tails. Is this a result of guiding or is it a bloom?
Also I wondered about the blue flash on the right hand side of the image.

The dust lanes and resolution of the galaxy is great.
Hi Hagar,

If they're vertical in the image from the bright stars it's diffraction from the lenses on the front of the ME chip. Other than that I actually can't see any.

The blue flash is a bright star off screen, can't do much about that.

Cheers
Stuart
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