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M16 The Eagle
Not exactly flying like an eagle, but its a start.
Had the HEQ5 and GSO F5 6" Newtonian for a few years now and have been recently collecting a few bits and pieces for long exposure astro photography.
It now has a Orion 80mm short tube with Orion autoguider II. Had to modify the HEQ5's handcontroler with a cable and auto guider port from Shoestring Astronomy.
Finally, the Nikon D200 now has a external power source, making things a lot easier.
By the time I had polar aligned and the auto guider sorted it was well after midnight and a stiff breeze had arisen, but things seemed to be working OK so the Eagle was found and away we went.
Unsure of what settings to use I ended up with 8, 8 minute exposures at iso 400? + a couple of darks.
Stacked in DeepSkyStacker and tweaked in ACDCpro.
What do you think?
What suggestions do you have?
Thanks
Deeno
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