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Old 11-01-2012, 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike View Post
Top stuff Greg, the Pentax system looks to be working well.

Didn't realise about the counter weights until you got there huh?..Geeeez you probably swore..?

Got any photos of the setups?

Mike
I do. I'll post it later on.

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Originally Posted by Ross G View Post
A beautiful photo Greg of a unique event.

Ross.
Thanks Ross. It cost a couple of sleepy mornings to catch it.

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Originally Posted by naskies View Post
Beautiful. I see what you mean about the larger CCDs maintaining star colours better than DSLRs. I also didn't realise that there was so much H-alpha nebulosity around the Coalsack.
Thanks Dave.

The tracking allows longer exposure, plus the Ha plus the cooled camera and high sensitivity all adds up.

Greg.
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