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My first guided shot! M42
Firstly a big thankyou to everyone here that has helped me get this far. Im thrilled.
Particularly Allan, Marc (multiweb), Brendan, Peter (Exfso) Daniel and Jeff who have helped me with my alignment and vignetting issues of late
Attached is my first attempt with 5 min subs
I used one of Peters Light boxes (20 frames at 250th second).
It was the windiest night, and I thought Id have no hope of catching anything. A gust actually blew over the lid on my laptop! The little heq5pro and ed80 are as solid as a rock I think!
The only things I have done here are curves and levels and bit of sharpening and placed the 1 min stacked shot in a layer with a layer mask for the core. Are there any instructions of how to blend multiple exposures? Its cropped but the far right is the edge of the frame.
How do the stars look? It’s the best result tracking wise I have had todate.
I have a stack of 10 x 30sec also which I haven’t added yet – not sure how.
Details
ED80
450D unmod
Heq5pro
Phd, Qhy5 and St80
WO flattner II
6/2/2010
Anglesea Victoria
10 x 5 min (6 darks)
10 x 1 min (10 darks)
60 mins
10x 30 sec (not added at this stage)
20 flats why 20? I don’t know but it seemed like a good number! J How many should I take? Ive heard that “more is better”
I have tried faster speeds but this seemed to work best at 1/250
Criticisms and suggestions welcomed.
Thanks for looking and any advice
cheers
Damian
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