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Old 14-09-2009, 02:34 PM
Chris Southby (Chris)
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Wide Field Image near Sagittarius

Hi all
This widefield image was taken just NW of Sagittarius at Narooma, this is my better first attempts at astro-imaging.
It was taken with an unmodified Canon 350D, using 55mm focal length at f4.5. The camera was mounted on EQ5 goto mount(not polar aligned).
There were 8 x 60sec lights frames, 6 darks, 3 flats and 3 dark flats.
The images were stacked in DSS and processed in Raw Therapee and Paintshop Pro.
Any tips on colour enhancement or other processing issues would be welcome.
And yes I know polar alignment would help a lot but time was short and I was setting up away from home.

Cheers
Chris
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