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Old 07-12-2009, 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Robbie View Post
Good effort,
What scope was used? FOV is good tracking seems good,
Try a few exposures 3 mins to 5mins with the same set up and I would say the results would be excellent.
If this shot was an experiment, well done
Thanks
No scope used, just max zoom through the default lens of the Canon S5IS.
I mounted the camera on top of my real scope, just for the tracking.

Yes, longer exposures would be great. I only finished building my observatory recently and my polar alignment still needs some work. I found that I still get some drift if I expose more than 2mins when fully zoomed in with the S5IS. Easy to fix though, I just need some clear nights... Fortunately the weather seems to have improved here, finally

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Originally Posted by multiweb View Post
Nice one rolf. Good focus and framing. Bit noisy but nothing more data can't fix.
Thanks Yes there's lots of noise still. I will take more frames and see what happens. And will get that polar axis aligned.

I'm really only playing around with this basic Canon cam as something different until I buy a proper CCD next year. Thinking of the SBIG ST8300M or a QHY9/QHY11, both look like excellent options.
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