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Originally Posted by bmitchell82
Not bad at all Greg,
Processing looks to be pretty much on the money though i would have thought that you could extract a little bit more data from the nebulosity at a 5 minute shot.
A little trick that i do just to see what is there is way way over strech the image, look at what is there then undo and process towards that. you will know when you have pushed it too far but at least you know what the image actually holds!
Love the defraction spikes too  very tasty!
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Thank you very much for the great feedback and suggestions Brendan
In regards to the lack of nebulosity, I had to back of the stretching a little to hide a couple of Baader MPCC reflections on a couple of those stars. If you look hard enough you can just make them out. If I stretched it more they became to obvious.......oh and thank you once again for the spider vein help. As you can see I have it pretty much sorted now. The secondary mirror was certainly pulled to one side.
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Originally Posted by midnight
Very nice Greg. Like the nebulosity you've captured.
How are you finding the Synguider? I have the Celestron clone (both are identical apparently) and find it quite handy.
Darrin...
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Thank you very much Darrin
I really like the synguider now that I know how to use it properly. Did take a while to learn it and be comfortable with it. Having said that, it's the only guider I have used so I have nothing to compare it to. I love that it is self contained meaning I don't have to run a laptop in the field.
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Originally Posted by jjjnettie
I feel your pain re. dslr imaging in warmer weather.
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Thank you very much JJJ
I got my astrophotography setup at the start of winter so this warmer weather is all new to me.
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Originally Posted by Ross G
Hi Greg,
A very good photo.
Nice colours.
I have a modded 350d and 1000d.
I found using ICNR rather than seperate darks helped a bit with the noise, especially with warmer weather.
Ross.
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Thank you very much Ross
I will certainly have to try your in camera noise reduction suggestion. It might be the way to go over summer. Of course it will double the time that I need to spend outside on an object (i have been just doing lights and then packing up and leaving my camera doing darks while I get some shut eye), but if it can help with the noise better then it will be worth it.
