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Originally Posted by Craig_L
A stunner Mike - all that whispy nebulousity in the outer reaches. Really appreciate being able to see the enhanced OIII version as well. How do you function in your job with only one hour of sleep?
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Cheers Craig, the very outer neb is pretty faint and not easy with a low Red QE CCD like the KAI11002 is. Yes the OIII version is a rather unique view, you don't see that star burst feature in images very often. As far as working after all nighters goes weeeell... I have a system down pat now that just saves me
. After I have got everything setup and ready to go, autoguiding working spot on, focus etc I will typically do a single test 10 or 15min exposure to ensure everything is working ok framing is as I wanted etc, then I will start say a 5 X 15min exposure sequence in Astroart, now I set my mobile phone to alarm 5 min before the last sub is due to come down and I hop in the back of my station wagon and sleep, I have it decked out with a matress, pillows and doona
. I usually get 45 - 60min sleeps in each time although ocassionally if the night is still and dry I will risk a 90min sleep while the system chuggs away. I get maybe 3 or 4 of these kips in each night so if I get home and have another hour before work I end up with about 3 to 5 hours sleep, admittedly it's all broken sleep ( a bit like torture I guess?) and far from ideal but as I said it "saves" me and just allows me to cope at work the next day. Of course if I do a couple of these sessions in a row and with the lower end of that total sleep count....yes, I struggle
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Nice mate, although I think it could use a tree in it.
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Ah you are catching on
...ya gotta get into his head mate
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Seriously, nice work Mike, love the detail. It is on my list of things to image deeply this year, if only the clouds would POQ.
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I am happy with it, overall it pretty much reaches the limit of what's possible with smaller amatuer equipment I think?
...although I still have some more up my sleeve with it I think
...I just needed a break, did I mention I wish I had an observatory?
Mike
Oh and yes 26hours is the longest exposure so far, I had collected over 30 odd hours but fog, cloud and a few glitches ruied a few. Previously I had collected 21hrs on Cen A with 19.5hrs used.
wish I had a bigger faster scope 
say a 12" f3.8 
) but alas tis not to be 
