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best DSO for 1st try

Started by aldo56, 10/01/2012 05:50PM
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Mike Clancey
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Can someone tell me what would be the best 1st DSO to attempt to image? Any other advice would be appreciate. I have a Celestron ASGT-CG5 mount with a C8 OTA and using a Meade DSI II pro
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Right now I would go for the Andromeda Galaxy.

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M27 is a good start. Nice and bright.
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