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Old 17-02-2012, 09:58 AM
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Peter Ward
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Originally Posted by JohnG View Post
Nice Peter, you gotta be happy with that .

Cheers
Thanks mate. Yep looks like it will be another AP classic

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Originally Posted by TrevorW View Post
5 min total now that is going to be impressive with more and the stars appear as tight as a fishes ....

Noice
Watertight

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Originally Posted by alpal View Post
Hi Peter,
That is a perfect photo.
I love the ultra wide flat field & I can't wait to see
a full colour processed version when you get
a filter wheel connected.
Thanks, maybe not perfect , but wide and flat for sure.

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Originally Posted by multiweb View Post
That was expected from an AP. Flawless.
Thanks Marc. AP seem to do it consistently well. 5 micron stars across the field

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Originally Posted by gregbradley View Post
Woohoo - lookie dat!

Beautiful.

That bodes well.

Greg.
Ta Greg. The field is vignetted a tad (I used a 2.7" fitting). Precise parts are making a 3" adapter that will allow use of the filter-wheel and open things up a bit.

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Originally Posted by Tandum View Post
Wow, what a huge chunk of sky. You'll have fun with that one.
Boys and their toys!

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Originally Posted by Mighty_oz View Post
Great pic there, almost as good as mine
They'll be a wonder to behold when u get that adapter and get some color into it. Pretty deep for 5 mins too
Thanks. That's the plan. ....I wonder what the weather will do..
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