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Old 13-11-2006, 09:08 PM
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Hi, I thought I should finally post something instead of just sitting on the side lines. I took NGC55 a couple of weeks ago with my new QHY8 CCD camera. There are 20x4min exposures, thru a 18" Newt with coma corrector, no darks or flats but there was a lot of vignetting.
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Old 13-11-2006, 09:16 PM
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Ken,this is very nice detail dude ! well done.
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Old 13-11-2006, 10:17 PM
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Nice work Ken.
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Old 13-11-2006, 10:30 PM
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Old 13-11-2006, 11:07 PM
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Thats alot of detail in that image, great shot

now which Qhy camera is this..the single shot colour 3 megapixel? did you buy from China or here locally?
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Old 13-11-2006, 11:23 PM
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and can you give a price for camera and shipping with delay times etc. Had a look at the site and appears very interesting
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Old 14-11-2006, 05:58 AM
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Excellent Ken, great to see some of your work posted! Post more!

Look forward to catching up at Lostock again soon!
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Old 14-11-2006, 07:03 AM
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Stunning image Ken, with some lovely detail in the galaxy.

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Old 14-11-2006, 08:24 AM
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Hi Ken, that is pearler of an image.

great stuff
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Old 14-11-2006, 01:02 PM
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Nice image Ken.
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Old 14-11-2006, 03:23 PM
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Ken the is a great capture I hope the camera is all you expected it to be they are excellent value in my view I dont know why more people are not grabbing these I dont know of better for the money.
Cant wait to see more.. well done.
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Old 14-11-2006, 07:48 PM
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Ngc55

Thanks for the kind words. I'm very happy with the camera. It's basically the equivalent of a modified Nikon D50 with a cooling system . Infact QHY dismantle new D50s to build these cameras. The Sony chip seems to have quite a few permanent hotpixels but very low background noise. The Fuji S2Pro camera I have been using only had 3 or 4 permanent hotpixels, with the hot weather of summer the QHY8 should have an advantage. After placing the order I received the camera in 6 days from China!!! The price was about $1900AUD with optional filter and carry box.
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Old 15-11-2006, 05:57 AM
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Well done Ken,
nice shot, and good tracking too
nice to see you post
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nice ken, that camera does the job well
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