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Originally Posted by blink138
ah thats what it looks like!
i took a few shots of this a few nights ago and could just make out its beautiful shape but when i looked at the pics i seemed to have elongated stars so i gave up!
nice pic roger, i will have to give it another crack
is yours at f10 roger?
pat
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Hi Pat .. Yes, f/10. I would prefer my old f/7.5 ratio but with the chip size of the ST8 with the Meade reducer optics I was getting distortions
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Originally Posted by jsmoraes
Nice photo. 5 minutes unguided: excellent polar alignment !
I will try this galaxy as soon the clouds let me do. It is very beautiful, really.
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I think my alignment is about 70 arc seconds off perfect, so could be improved. ProTrack I think takes care of such issues as drift due to polar alignment, as good as it can based on the Tpoint mapping run. I should be able to do 10min subs under good conditions but my OTA has too much slop for that I think
It is a really nice galaxy
