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Originally Posted by JB80
Wow, very, very nice.
For no existing PS skills it leaves me for dead.
Great colour in those shots too.
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Thanks Jarrod. I put it down to the dark sky, no skill required! haha
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Originally Posted by [1ponders]
I whole heartedly agree Jarrod, Wow! For single frame, levels, brightness and saturation they look fantastic Simon.  I say bring on some cold clear nights so you can really get down to business. |
Cheers Paul,
That was the plan from the get go, once I get the gear sorted it's time to get serious
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Originally Posted by iceman
Amazing! You must be thrilled.
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Thanks Mike
Yes for a first effort I'm pretty happy. The first shot looked great on the Da's little 3" screen, which boosted my confidence to continue thru the cold nights.
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Originally Posted by CoolhandJo
A very nice colelction! Great imaging!
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Cheers Paul!
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Originally Posted by danielsun
Impressive results!
Nice one Simon.  |
Thanks Daniel.
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Originally Posted by naskies
Great job, Simon! Glad to see that you're putting the Astrotrac to good use It looks like the AT + 60Da will be a killer combo once you have all the issues sorted out. |
Cheers Dave.
There are a couple of things about the AT that are really just poor design, the Dec. adjust screw on the wedge for one. It fell apart on the second night while I was trying to polar align, I thought the weekend was over but I thought about it and came up with a work-around and got back to imaging just in time for the clouds to roll in
But overall I am very very happy with the AT. Tho I will be making some improvements to it.
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Originally Posted by gregbradley
Very good for the amount of exposure time.
No camera, no matter how high end, is going to do any better in 7.5 minutes of exposure time.
Greg.
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Thanks Greg
I wish I could have got more than single exposures but the fog and cloud on the first night I had to keep changing targets. Then on the second night it was perfectly clear so I tried for multiples but my 12v rig decided it wasn't happy and my dew straps weren't powered. BAH!
I WILL be good to go for the next new moon