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Originally Posted by multiweb
Top shot Rob. Real smooth.  |
Thanks Marc. I was thinking of you - I ended up with a clumsy side-by-side arrangement with the QHY9 on the ZS80 and the 450D through the Pentax 200mm lens. I haven't had a chance to process more than this one yet, but on many nights I had the 200mm/DSLR combo clicking away "wide'ish field" shots in same direction as the 80mm. Will be interesting to see if any are worthwhile. Did shoot some Milky Way Ha at 200mm for a few hours one night just to say I'd had the CCD on the lens. Just slightly wider FOV than Rick's FSQ106/STL11000 combo as it turns out
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Originally Posted by ozstronomer
Very Nice Rob, colour and detail are great. Well done |
Thanks Geoff - and thanks again for rescuing my scopes during that brief but scary shower!
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Originally Posted by firstlight
Very nice work Rob, good to see the "Curse of the Fog When Pointing North" failed to materialise occasionaly  |
Heh he Tony - it was certainly looking like there might be an M31 curse early in the week
I should've been up with Rick et al Sat night and Tue night too if I was REALLY committed!
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Originally Posted by Regulus
Rob, that is really impressive. Can I use it as my desktop for a week or two? :-)
How high is M31 in the north from where you took the pic? Way to low here in Tas to bother trying to fotograf.
Well done.
Trevor
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Sure - glad you liked it Trevor and nice to hear its getting used. M31 doesn't get much above 20 degrees high here, so you really need to be further north. There really hard part at that altitude is finding clear dark skies to the north free of trees (and fog!). Sept through Nov are probably the best months, but usually the weather starts to let us down regularly from Nov/Dec onwards, which makes it tough getting more data.