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Old 13-06-2010, 03:05 PM
Jazza (Jay)
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Lagoon (M8)

Hey All,
After what seems like years of cloudy weather and being sick etc etc I finally got to drag the scope out last night.

Was aiming to try and set up autoguiding but no luck with that, need the moon I think to try and get the off axis guider close enough to focus on the guidecam that I can see anything!

So rather than waste the whole night I pointed her at the lagoon and told her to go image while I watched the world cup!

Reasonably happy with tracking considering these were 5 min unguided subs... Focus looks a bit soft but I am guessing that's cause the tracking is a-wobblin? Was a bit windy too.

Comments, critique and advice welcome, be kind I'm still new at this

Meade 10" rcx-400
AP 0.75 Focal Reducer
Unmodded 350d
20 x 5 min unguided

Clear Skies,
Jay

EDIT: Added a reprocess. I'm loving the high pass filter Darren!
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