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Originally Posted by multiweb
+1 . This rig needs altitude and dark skies, then it will really sing. Moving to Thredbo?  |
Not sure Thredbo would be any good as its pretty windy there.
But yeah a trip to my dark site could be an interesting exercise.
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Originally Posted by Lester
Wonderful image Greg, thanks for the view.
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Thanks Lester.
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Originally Posted by Bassnut
Yes, thats nice Greg, but having done this myself with a pokey 10", geez, it seems a bit soft with fatish stars.
I cant put my finger on it exactly, perhaps the exposure time, I did 10hrs lum, that might be the diff.
Did you process much in PS?, was focus OK?.
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It was taken over 2 nights. I am not exactly sure what the seeing is like but generally speaking the seeing at my home is not as good as the seeing at my dark site which tends to be quite good.
Red subs seemed a bit bloated but luminance seems OK.
Extra time always goes down well.
I am happy with it as is. I am sure a better version could be made as with any image.
A trip to my dark site with a tripod for the PME would be interesting.
I'll also have to check collimation as I haven't collimated it since I got it as CCD inspector said it was close. I should really tweak it though.
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Originally Posted by marc4darkskies
I think it's a nice shot Greg, but I agree with Fred. Considering it's with a 17" it's looking a bit soft. Have you compared it to other images done with gear of a similar aperture?
Cheers, Marcus
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Most images of this object aren't particularly sharp or lack colour.
It could always be improved. I noticed the red subs were fat so perhaps temperatures shifted and a refocus was needed. Still I think it turned out well. As I said above luminance is pretty sharp.
I am imagining it is a seeing issue...hell I know about that 
