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Old 20-12-2012, 01:36 AM
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LMC mosaic finished for now.

Here's my final attempt at an LMC mosaic using the FSQ and D800. I needed 6 frames to cover it, but as they were recorded over different nights the seeing difference and gradients are troublesome even with Pixinsight, and there's one frame with focus problems ( I spent too long sorting out the guiding and didn't re-check as the scope cooled).
Bottom line is that it was a lot harder to do than I thought, and I'll have to think about a better way of doing it - perhaps a fl reducer will help as there's almost too much resolution at this focal length.
Higher res version here:
http://www.astrobin.com/27741/
If anyone wants the 2.3Gb full res version - you're welcome to stop by with a thumb drive!
regards, and any tips welcome!
Andrew.
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