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Old 02-04-2013, 06:08 PM
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First Photo

Hi All

Well after a first failed outing were i basically had major problems setting up and communicating with the mount i went out last night with high hopes of at least getting a photo or 2. The first few hours was spent battling software (eqalign and cartes) it seemed the problems of the other outing were doomed to repeat themselves. Then all of sudden it started to work. A quick polar alignment and i decided to swing round to see if i could get m42. A quick 30 second exposure followed by jumping round shouting "it works, it works"

So the results 2x120sec exposures @iso800 with 3 darks and a little post processing in GIMP but i really didn't do much.

Scope: WO Megrez72 fd
Mount: NEQ6 pro
Camera: 60d

http://astrob.in/full/37706/

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Paul
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Old 02-04-2013, 06:15 PM
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Awesome, much better than my first M42!
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Old 02-04-2013, 07:32 PM
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Absolutely Fantastic first attempt!

Will be looking out for your future work.

Keep it up.

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Old 02-04-2013, 07:33 PM
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Nice work, Paul-a great start
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Old 02-04-2013, 08:31 PM
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Nice! Great for a first image. Keep them coming!
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Old 03-04-2013, 12:42 AM
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Thanks for the comments all. I really have to get my head around the processing now to squeeze that bit more out of it.
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Old 03-04-2013, 01:13 AM
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It is a thrill isn't it. well done.
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