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Old 04-05-2013, 01:45 PM
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Meru (Michael)
More stars please!

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A late Eta Carina

I had the opportunity to borrow my friend's 120ED again 2 weeks ago when it was almost 100% moon. So decided to have a crack at doing a proper, true HOS and settled on Eta.

General setup

Mount: NEQ6
Imaging Train: Skywatcher Gold Series 120ED - CCDT67 - OAG - FW (Baader 2" NB set) - QHY9M
Effective Focal Length: 600mm
Guiding: Lodestar used with a TSOAG9, 1sec guiding
Image processing: Captured in Maxim 5, Dark subtracted and Stacking in DSS, Editing in Photoshop CS6
H:O:S -> 4:5:6*600sec subs -> R:B:G


I've attached two pics, one normal and one with slightly less stars. I personally prefer the one with less stars (Second one). More subs would have yielded slightly less noise and the CCDT67 did cause some issues at the edges but overall very pleased Any feedback good or bad on either of the two would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for viewing!
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Last edited by Meru; 04-05-2013 at 03:42 PM.
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