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Old 14-04-2013, 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by madbadgalaxyman View Post
Chris,

I totally agree with Mike, a really excellent result, and without having to take exposures of great length.

"Way back when astronomical dinosaurs roamed the Earth" I used to struggle with chemical-based light detectors, and I gave up on it after a while.
But this new and remarkably-sensitive imaging technology is seriously tempting me to get back into astro-imaging!

cheers,
Robert
Thanks Robert. Using my every-day DSLR is a quick and simple way of getting some results, even though they're not in the same league as others who are using LRBG and fast astrographs. I have limited my exposures to 60 seconds for now since the scope is not guided.

The seeing here is usually fair at best, and clear-sky time is short, so for the moment I'm happy shooting a few easy targets. If you already have a DSLR, why not give it a go?

Chris
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