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Old 06-07-2011, 10:50 PM
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Originally Posted by John Hothersall View Post
Thanks guys, the image is resized to 1000 pixels and cropped to tidy overlaps as the 285 sensor is quite small but good for hi-res galaxies and planetaries.

My stars are always trouble as if collimation is off a touch stars can be odd on one edge and getting them not too soft and not too sharp, Ha was taken on a windy night so had to sharpen and layer subtly.

Keep forgetting to vertical flip the image.

Thanks for comments and suggestions.

John.
Ah yes, that's what a real telescope should look like

Reminds me of the glossy B&W Meade ad all those years ago for the DS16...I dreamed about that ad every night....

Mike
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