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Started by jthommes, 11/29/2009 10:56PM
Posted 11/29/2009 10:56PM Opening Post
Here is an old standard - M45. I did do some significant time on it with multiple exposure sets up to 10 minutes. Some of the stars came out a bit funky - I think it was the optics - not really sure. Other than that , I'm happy with it. Image and exposure details are at:

http://www.jthommes.com/Astro/DSLR/M45.htm

Optic - Megrez II 80 mm APO at f/5.2
Camera - Canon 350D (Baader ACF modified)
Mount - G11/Gemini
Guiding - C8 at 1350 mm FL, DSI Pro, PHD Guiding


Jim Thommes

Mak-Newt 152 mm
C8
Megrez II APO
Zenithstar 66 mm APO
G11/Gemini
ST8300M
Artemis285 Camera
Canon 350D DSLR

http://jthommes.com/Astro/
Posted 12/01/2009 11:31PM #1
I think that looks great. I am curious about your combination of the different exposures though. ...all combined at once? or maybe get 3 different "good" exposures? Also, "star repair on edge stars"? I think of star repair as fixing blooms, but most of those edge stars are really tiny. (And they do look sharp, BTW.) I hope you don't mind if I try to steal processing techniques here.

Charlie

Fort Lewis Observatory: (37.238, -108.052) ~2360m (7744 ft.) elevation.
Darkness - typically 6.5+
Scope - Meade 16" LX200; f6.3 focal reducer
Focus - JMI Smart focus
Camera - SBIG ST-10XE; (~.5"/pixel)
Guiding - AO-8 and/or Meade 5"/DSI/PHD
http://www.fortlewis.edu/observatory