Got myself a Black Eye

[Shawn]

15x 60 @ 400, uncalibrated , unguided...

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[matt]

Hey. Nice one, Shawn.

Plenty of detail there. Some trailing on those stars, but otherwise nice

[Shawn]

Thanks Matt Im goint to have another shot it it this evening see If I can fix that error, Certainly wont get any detail out of the dust lane with that sort of carry on happening, ..

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[Garyh]

Shawn, I thought you would know better than starting a brawl!!!..lol lucky you didn`t get 2 black eyes!!!...lol
Like Matt says about trailing, reject the trailed ones and stack the very best. Maybe bump up the iso to 800 and do 30 sec subs.
did you use your 14" for the subs?

cheers Gary

[Dr Nick (Nick)]

Nice!

It seems you have yourself a few hot-pixels in there which prooves one thing to me, your tracking is better than mine, my hot-pixels dont end up grouped like that, they generally form a long line across the picture due the the tracking not being perfect.

[Shawn]

Originally Posted by Garyh

Shawn, I thought you would know better than starting a brawl!!!..lol lucky you didn`t get 2 black eyes!!!...lol
Like Matt says about trailing, reject the trailed ones and stack the very best. Maybe bump up the iso to 800 and do 30 sec subs.
did you use your 14" for the subs?

cheers Gary

I only get two black eyes when I argue with the minister of finance about Astro funds...Im going to have another bash at it tonite, with the guide barlowed and set my guide rate to about 10% of siderial, it seems to get rid of the jitters. Ill also try shorter subs too if that fails. I think maybe also my pier has moved over the wet season so If I feel enthused Ill drift the sucker again. It is possible we got some serious rain, it could have moved...

[Shawn]

Originally Posted by Dr Nick

Nice!

It seems you have yourself a few hot-pixels in there which prooves one thing to me, your tracking is better than mine, my hot-pixels dont end up grouped like that, they generally form a long line across the picture due the the tracking not being perfect.

Hot pixels are great for showing you where your error is, in this instance I think it might of been the Bass Bin in the Obs, I was listening to Floyd really loud... Delicate sound of Thunder....

[bluescope]

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I think it might of been the Bass Bin in the Obs, I was listening to Floyd really loud... Delicate sound of Thunder....

Hi Shawn

Maybe you should invest in an MP3 player so then you can listen to your music as loud as you like without effecting your imaging

Ofcourse it may make you deaf

I have a 2Gb Samsung player ($99 at Myer) and it's brilliant ! Hours of music, USB rechargeable etc etc. I've got 23 albums on it at the moment plus you get FM radio.

And No I don't get kick backs from Samsung or Myer !

[Shawn]

Good call,

[Ric]

Nice image Shawn, your getting some nice detail in the dust lane.

Cheers

[Shawn]

Got another 67 images of it last night, I will go through that lot today see if I can do better....

Thanks Guys...

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