[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by Ross G

Hi Justin,

I know your desperation!

Photo looks really good.

Colours very nice, especially considering the moon light.

I am still amazed at the great tracking and stars you get with an 8" on an HEQ5.

Ross.

Hi Ross,

Thanks for the comments.

The tracking is good for the HEQ pro 5 mount, especially with the orion mini guider. My main advantage is that it's setup in the obsevatory so no realignment needed.

There is a neat trick in photo shop for cleaning up stars, I use the median noise filter set to one pixel. Then gausian blur and unshrp mask, this makes the stars a little tighter.

Cheers,

Justin.