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First DSO M57

Started by kiojc, 08/26/2007 07:36AM
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Posted 08/26/2007 07:36AM Opening Post
Duane Guerne
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This is a first for me. First image that kinda turned out. And first time on a forum .
You guys make it look easy but I have been working on it for awhile.Anyway this is 20 2 min.guided shots. Fire a way you wont hurt my feelings (too much).TO top it off Im not sure the image will come up cwy ?

Thanks Duane

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Posted 08/26/2007 09:01AM #1
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hi Duane,

congrats on a very good start into DSI!
you have captured some nice details within the nebula and guiding looks very good!

can you share some more data on the image?
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Posted 08/26/2007 05:59PM #2
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Nice first one Duane!
Heck, it is much nicer that MANY firsts we've seen... wink

Welcome aboard, and thanks for sharing!
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Posted 08/27/2007 12:12PM #3
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Duane,
Excellent first. Welcome to the universe of DSOs!
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Duane,

Congrats on this first light! You've got nice round stars, and focus looks close if not spot on. Your next step will be going through the steeeeeep curve of image processing. There are lots of books and tutorials on this now. Do you have any literature yet on image processing?

Eric
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Posted 08/28/2007 01:50AM #5
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Duane,

Very nice. Certainly much better than my first.

Keith
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