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Old 18-07-2010, 11:46 AM
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M16 my feeble attempt

Well as usual I started out last night with great intentions but the gods of weather are detemined to give me woes

I started capturing with a couple of 3 minute frames to make sure everything was tracking and focused OK

Then switched to a 10 minute frame and this worked Ok then thought why not a few 15 minute frames

Left the mount unattended came out about twenty minutes later to check one good 15 minute frame so left it then came out about 30 minutes later and PHD had stopped somewhere inbetween due to as far as I could tell excessive dew build up on the guide scope.

Reset everything tried again and same thing happened. So I wrapped the guide scope in some towel and managed to capture 4 decent 10 minute frames in a row before the same thing happened again.

So I ended up with 1hr 15 minutes in 7 frames, 2x10 minute captured between 7.30-8:00pm a 15 minute frame just after 8:00 pm and 4 x 10 minute frames between 9 and 10 pm.

As expected due to tracking and fore mentioned issues this image has been cropped. Next on my list 2 dew heaters and controller.

Oh well you can only
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Old 18-07-2010, 12:22 PM
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Looking pretty good Trev. Colors are spot on.
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Old 18-07-2010, 12:26 PM
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Not a bad shot at all...considering the problems you had
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Old 18-07-2010, 05:36 PM
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Thanks Marc and Carl
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Old 18-07-2010, 06:00 PM
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Nice image Trevor, seems you had a night like mine last night. Hard to beat the weather.
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Old 18-07-2010, 08:53 PM
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Feeble, no mate very nice for a new attempt.

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Old 18-07-2010, 09:17 PM
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Pretty good. The pillars have some good detail there.
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Old 18-07-2010, 10:03 PM
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Yep, it was one of those nights wasn't it Trevor.
Well salvaged!!
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Old 18-07-2010, 10:11 PM
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like what you have obtained there Trevor
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Old 18-07-2010, 11:02 PM
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Thanks again Doug, Leon, Paul, JJ and Houghy

it definitely was one of those nights
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Old 18-07-2010, 11:25 PM
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Good result there Trevor despite the frustrations, showing good dedication too way to cold for me in Perth
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Old 19-07-2010, 10:11 AM
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Thanks Beren it was a cold night but you've got to grab clear skies when you can regardless
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Old 19-07-2010, 11:07 PM
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Old 20-07-2010, 12:16 PM
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