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Originally Posted by ving
g'day gav. hmm... how long were your exposures? those stars are rather elongated. i reckon for a quick play around you have got plenty of detail, and there is probably more you can squeeze out of it.
I am suprised you couldnt see anything thru the telescope tho. i can in sydney with my ed80.
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G'day David
Thanks for your reply. Even more embarrassed now
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I have had another look at eta carina and I agree that looks like the likely culprit. I guess I didn't recognise it at first because I am use to seeing so many wonderful images of it with a lot more detail (nothing like mine). I have never looked at it visually before through a telescope! Mainly started my interest in the solar system.
In relation to not seeing much through the EP. I was using basic Meade 4000 Series 30mm Plossl to scan the sky. Moon was high and bright and I have poor white light practices (bad manners) when I am imaging in the backyard. Torches and other lights turned on and off between imaging on a regular basis, so night vision is blown constantly. My eyesight is quite poor too (hence I am more into imaging), I guess thats a problem with getting old
. That said there was enough there to get me interested, lots of close stars (forming area) and a very slight hint of nebulosity. Maybe my eyes are just cr$p
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In relation to elongated stars. Imaging was a quick split decision thing last night. I wasn't sure I was going to get permission from the wife!
. I don't have a permanent ob's yet, so I was rushing around setting up in the twlighlight before it got too dark. Also before M42 my main learning target disappeared behind a line of trees. So I didn't set up too well. A very basic/rough compass alignment with the South and then push and go to M42 and hope tracking was ok. Didn't even worry about GoTo as I wanted to look at some commonly known subjects (M42, Moon and Saturn).
Like I said it was a quick scan around for anything else before I finished up for the night. Wish I had spent more time on it now
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I might have another play with the image to see what I can get out of it.
Thanks for the information.
Cheers
Gav