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Thanks H,
Much processing to learn.
I'm sending the camera away tomorrow to get it modded by Eric. My plan next time is to try 7-10 min exposures at 400ISO and see how that goes.
I take the point that concentrating on one object per night might improve quality, but I was shooting about an hour on each object. By the time I was properly polar aligned and the GOTO system aligned, it was about 8pm. I then shot constantly until 2:30 am when my toes were too cold. I parked the scope, shot some flats and then setup a run to do another ten dark frames whilst I went to bed. Ultimately, this new moon was a proving exercise for the new rig.
My plan next time is to lengthen the exposures, increase the number of exposures; and shoot some darks at the beginning, middle and end of the night. I want to spend about 2 hours per object. I hope this will be a compromise between quality and quantity.
DT
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