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12-05-2007, 12:25 AM
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What an awesome night! I found the collimation on my secondary mirror was WAAAAAAYYYYY out!!! Pulled it completely out of the scope and used a set of verniers on it to get it level with the holder unit. Much better now! No-wonder I've been having focus issues!
Got better pics of lagoon, sombrero, triffid, swan, ghost o joops,eagle, carina, omega cluster and tarantula.
Very happy. Might even go out again later!
Baz.
12-05-2007, 12:30 AM
lots of eyes on you!
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fog stopped a very nice night here........i might rate it an 8/10............but the excitement will get the better of me!!!
lotsa dew like everyone else made the histogram only half filled.....
dont care, it was just great to be actually out there!
12-05-2007, 01:12 AM
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This is for you blokes
Not as good as I expected but hey...
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12-05-2007, 01:22 AM
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the laptop is soaking wet and I have wound up for the night
time will tell if anything worthwhile will emerge from this session but it was nice to be out again after a longish break
12-05-2007, 01:52 AM
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i am pretty sure i have snavelled my best this season......here is first cab off the rank
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12-05-2007, 01:57 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
matt
This is for you blokes
Not as good as I expected but hey...
but hey, thats nice.
one at random? or maybe better to come?
12-05-2007, 02:20 AM
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Nice one, Davo
Nah. That's as good as it gets here tonight.
Although here's another.
Joop and Ganymede
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12-05-2007, 02:20 AM
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Hi all, just come in from a great night, bagged 4 nice DSO's but I'll leave them until tomorrow for processing.
Hope everyone else got a great night too.
Cheers
12-05-2007, 05:31 AM
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Great work Matt and Dave!
DP that's a ripper! Look at the scale! Definitely your best!
I've had a few hours sleep and i'm out again. Seeing is still pretty good!
Mars and the moon, here I come!
12-05-2007, 09:44 AM
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thanks mike and matt,
Hey Matt, i have never done it before, but Mike uses layers to do a composite image of planets and moons.
that moon looks slightly out of whack in terms or rgb, but I reckon if you did a registax run based on the moon and then replaced the current moon, you would have a great image
12-05-2007, 10:49 AM
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Glad to see that you guys have been having fun. I'm away from home with nothing but naked eye (specs assisted). I sat outside, up in the far northern suburbs of Sydney for 30 mins last night, around midnight. Sky was beautiful. Even with Sydney light pollution, I was thrilled with what I could see. Not much twinkling. Milky Way dust lanes detectable. Up again at 5:30 to look at the Moon. Lovely - wished I had my gear with me.
Looking forward to seeing all the images.
12-05-2007, 01:18 PM
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A little bit of Mars and a little bit of Jupiter.
The red channel of each from a random avi of each.
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12-05-2007, 01:24 PM
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Good work, Mike!
I haven't had a crack at Mars since that tiny little sneaky I captured a number of weeks ago.
He's getting bigger now. And interesting.
Plenty of detail there.
What was time of capture???
12-05-2007, 05:40 PM
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Conditions looking even better tonight
Just hoping this cloud coming from the north and west doesn't arrive in the next six hours or so...
12-05-2007, 05:54 PM
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yup looking good, should be more stable than last night...........but the fog did not lift until 2pm and then it is now back!
12-05-2007, 05:55 PM
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great captures mike!
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