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Old 14-02-2013, 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by michaellxv View Post
Should I be using a longer exposure for this? Although from my testing that just pickes up too much sky glow at home.
Sky glow can mostly be removed by adjusting the black point of the histogram while processing.
I usually try to expose as long as I can before the white end of the histogram begins to clip. I have read it is best to shoot with a peak around 1/4 to 1/3 of the way from the left of the histogram, but I have gone 1/2 and 2/3 of the way before without clipping the highlights (overexposed, image shifting off the right side of the histogram.)
See link:
http://www.astropix.com/HTML/I_ASTROP/QUICK2.HTM

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