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Old 14-12-2007, 02:28 AM
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My 1st Mars and 2nd Saturn

These were captured with a 10" Dob, in "Chase and Shoot" mode (unmotorized) . Prime focus with an Orange Micro iBot firewire webcam using AstroIIDC to capture and Lynkeos to align and stack (all Mac stuff). Both are roughly 40 frames out of about 250 each.
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Old 14-12-2007, 06:21 AM
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That's a great start! My first Saturn was an oval blob
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Old 14-12-2007, 12:27 PM
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That's a great start! My first Saturn was an oval blob
Thank you!
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Old 14-12-2007, 03:46 PM
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Well done Kirkus,

way better than my first.............get yourself a Dob Driver II, they rock!

and then a 5x powermate
and then a skynyx......and the $$ begin
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