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Old 29-01-2011, 02:24 PM
DJ N
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Another Eta Carina with the QHY8L

Had a bit of a longer session with the QHY8L last night, with the aim of getting "more" subs in. In addition, I have better set the gain and offset, so I was keen for another comparison shot. The ambient temperature was quite high at around 22 degrees; I had the camera running at -12.

So details are as follows,

12x 8 minutes, imaged with the ED120/QHY8L (gain at 4 and offset at 123), together with darks, bias and flats. Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker and processed in PS.

For a fairly warm night, I think the image is pretty 'clean'. Much better in regards to noise than the 400D was (for obvious reasons).

Thanks for looking
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