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Originally Posted by AstroJason
Thanks for the tips and advice Marc, appreciate it. I would definitely be going down the CCD path once I push the limits of the 60D. But gee some of the CCD prices I have been seeing are freaking the hell out of me to be honest! Not sure what my other half would say if she saw some of their astronomical prices *pun intended*  . The FLI CCDs come to mind here...
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FLI are the high-end of the scale. There are a lot of choices in between. You can pick up a good CCD for $1k second hand or there about. I use a
QHY9 mono from
home.
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Originally Posted by AstroJason
But for now I’m really surprised at how much detail the 60D can pull out of my light polluted skies. On a typical night I have ANZ Stadium, All Phones Arena and Skoda Stadium to contend with, not to mention the flood lights from a nearby shipping depot which never turn off. Drives me bonkers.
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That's why I do
narrowband. If you don't mind black & white you can get a decent Hydrogen Alpha filter and LP won't be a problem.
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Originally Posted by AstroJason
One of the things I really have to get my head around is processing the images I have already taken. I have GIMP and Lightroom for editing shots but I am finding that I’m getting a lot of vignetting when applying contrast to my shots. This is pretty visible in my first shots attached here with my 50mm lens. I need to take the time out to read up on processing techniques. But it’s so hard to concentrate, I rather just look at all the incredible pictures people take! 
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It all comes with time and practice. Lightroom and LR timelapse are great to do animations and even out a lot of pictures. Photoshop, any version is good for any processing. I also use
Pixinsight which is a little cumbersome at first but has some neat features.