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Old 12-02-2010, 03:25 PM
Bolts_Tweed (Mark)
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First light AP130EDT +ST8300

Seeing I was going to publish first light weeks ago for the set up and we've had absolutely no sky - I thought i'd show that the scope is ok. Always a worry buying a good scope second hand. A little curvature bu that can be overcome with AP gear.

It is about 2hrs of 6nm Ha straight out the camera, stacked in DSS and levels adjusted in PS only - no calibration applied yet. Yeah - more data definately some processing after that and hopefully I can grab more Ha data and RGB tonight if it stays fine. Focus is a tad soft as well - damn manual focusers - i've been spoilt by Moonlite autofocus - have to get one for the AP.

Anyway the set up works and looks like it was worth the money. Could be the start of a loving relationship.

Also got the web page up and running but it's still under construction at the moment. Most images are rubbish (Daves images are lot better than they look on the site) and I hope to update over the weekend. www.leyburnastronomy.net.au


Mark Bolton
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