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Originally Posted by batema
Hi Rob,
You've got to be happy with that for the amount of data you have. Focus and tracking look razor sharp and the fine details within the nebula look good. we've had good weather and it looks like clearing just as we approach the full moon. Yahoo. Happy new year.
Mark
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Thanks Mark. I've spent a couple of nights over the last month or so tweaking my guiding a bit further when the moon was out, so I decided to risk a dark night I wouldn't usually have bothered with. Glad I did now! Weather patterns still seem to show lots of Lows, but you're right - there's bound to be clear nights come full moon!
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Originally Posted by AlexN
beautiful given the trials and tribulations involved in its capture Rob!
I can't wait to see what you can do with the QHY9 when you get it! 
I agree with mark, guiding and focus look sensational, and considering the short sub exposure duration and overall exposure time you've created a very nice image of the rosette...
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Thanks Alex. I'm just not sure how much extra resolution I'll get what with my average optics and my mount being so heavily loaded. The extra camera/filterwheel weight will be an extra 400g or so hanging off the newt tube too. I've got serious "sensitivity hypersensitivity" at the moment though (as opposed to "aperture fever"). Can't wait to learn something about CCDs. I'm sure there'll be plenty of crazy questions coming up.
Great news the SBIG is close. Terrible news for what it will do to the weather!
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Originally Posted by TrevorW
Hey Rob thats not bad give's me something to aim for considering we have similar gear
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Yes Trevor, you should be able to get some nice shots of the Rosette what with the extra tightness of the RC optics and sensitivity of the modded 350. Go for it!
I'd never heard of the Rosette 20 years ago. I guess its a sign of the times that amateurs can hunt such faint beasties now making them much more commonly discussed/imaged. Its interesting how there are 3 NGC numbers for the nebulosity and another again for the cluster. That also brings home to me how hard it must have been for the original gurus like Herschel et al to spot these things visually even with big scopes.