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Old 30-06-2013, 08:21 PM
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alocky (Andrew lockwood)
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Rho Ophiucus with Polarie.

Hi all,
Last night I finally got a chance to try out my Polarie under dark skies. I used the polar alignment scope to get a half decent alignment, stuck the D800 with the Nikon 180mm f2.8 ED D series on it, and took 30x2 minutes subs at ISO 1600. Processing in pixinsight was stacking, a bit of levels and curve stretching, plus some of the bottled de-noise routines. I'm fairly impressed with the accuracy of the guiding at 180mm fl. Not bad for completely unattended imaging with minimal setup time.
Constructive comments appreciated, and the high-res version is at
http://www.astrobin.com/46565/B/
Cheers,
Andrew.
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