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Old 02-08-2008, 09:10 PM
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Lots of Galaxies M86 region

First ever attempt at this and very happy. Very low in the sky and with 20 minutes until dinner pick up I started taking shots. PHD working a treat, after advice from forum thankyou, and 60 minutes later I headed to the fish and chip shop. Very understanding wife and child.

7 X 4 minute lights, 6 X 4 minute darks, ISO 800, Canon 400d unmod, ED80, guided w/o petzval, Deep Sky Stacked and processed using DSS.

Any comments/advice welcome.

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Old 02-08-2008, 09:27 PM
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Good effort Mark. Focus and tracking were spot on. Galaxies galore! I would be very happy if I can manage the same. Was that a satellite moving across from 2 to 8 o'clock?
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Old 02-08-2008, 09:42 PM
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Hi Mark, I've done a quick processing job using levels and curves. What do you think?
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Old 02-08-2008, 10:08 PM
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A nice capture Mark, lots of wonderful faint fuzzys in that image.

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Old 05-08-2008, 07:23 PM
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Nice collection of galaxies you've captured there! a program called Gradient Xterminator should be able to remove what looks like skyglow from the image... Other than that, tracking, focus and selected targets were all great.
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