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Old 05-02-2013, 01:58 PM
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How To. Comet Lemon on LX200GPS

Thought I might have a go at the lemon tonight.. So I get a shot of the Lemon and not have a lemon night, I would like to assistance..

Not ever tried a comet so I am not sure how the scope will track the object and what settings I need to change on my scope.. I am on a wedge and use PHD for tracking... I was planning on using Stary Night Pro to do the Goto or would it be in the Autostar library and set the tracking accordingly? Just a little unsure of the process on a Comet and help and tips might save me some time..



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Old 05-02-2013, 02:09 PM
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OK, so it's Lemmon, not Lemon ... but anyway .. it isn't moving THAT fast that you can't use sidereal tracking and 30-60 second exposures. So regard it as a normal DSO object and go for it. I took a single 3200 ISO jpeg at 20 secs to get mine. Others I beleive have used planetary methods, avi and stack to get theirs.

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Old 05-02-2013, 02:46 PM
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Woops

Thanks Bret for your assistance.. See I was already on a bad start.. I even left an M out of Lemmon.. But good to see we are both Lost In Space.. I will give it a go..

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