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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
5.5hrs = a fill-in, you kidding? That's a whole night for me  ...I assume you had the crimson beauty point your gear there for a bit each morning over a few nights..?
Mike |
Yep. Over a few mornings Mike. Am trying to optimise the set up so that I can squeeze as much imaging time as possible between the start and end of astronomical twilight where civil twilight is spent taking flats. I'm getting close to hitting 8.5 hours on a full clear night - nirvana. I should be able to get a bit more out of it but need to factor in regular auto focus periods, plate solves and guide star acquisition/settling. This all assumes the weather cooperates, otherwise I get what I can take. The basis is if its clear, I'm imaging.