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Old 02-10-2009, 11:44 PM
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my first widefield - Yay!

Here's 50x1min subs calibrated on the milkyway from my backyard last night between 8:00pm & 10:00pm. QHY8 Piggy back with a Pentax 18-35mm lens. I jammed the lens to keep it open with a little piece of rubber at the back so this time I actually took a picture of something
Bit out of my confort zone... I think I screwed the lend toward the 18mm so it was zoomed out the most. Maybe I should have got closer to the 35mm side - less coma this way? . I found it a bit difficult to focus as well, so I eyeballed it. Wasn't too easy to process either. Terrible gradients from some passing clouds, moon and my bloody neighbour lights. But hey, I can see the milkyway now, half of it anyway - sort of...
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