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Cocoon Nebula

Started by reconair, 11/24/2012 07:57PM
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Louis Busby
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Still practicing, I hope I'm getting better. I tried imaging the Cocoon a few evenings ago at my observatory in N.VA. Total exposure time is 58 minutes. I used a Tak TOA150 on an EM400 and Sbig 11000. Manually guided - eight minute subs.

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Posted 11/25/2012 12:54AM #1
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Looks pretty good Louis. I think you are getting the hang of it.
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Posted 11/25/2012 07:41PM #2
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Hi Louis,
Looks good, its a tough object and you have done well.. Your manual guiding is excellent. There is nothing like manual guiding to put you in touch with the equipment and environment! With that experience if you have the STL11000 your imaging might be even more enjoyable using the built in autoguider... You might also consider a left-right flip of the image.

Best regards,
Dave
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