All,
This is now the 3rd or 4th time this week I have stayed up as much as I can to do narrowband imaging.
My wife asks how I can operate with such a minimum of sleep....I don't know about everyone else, but it is a real adrenaline rush when things come together:
Focus...perfect (stars at about 1.5 to 1.8 FWHM)
Guiding...dead on (errors no more than 50% of imaging pixel scale)
Length of sub...>7 minutes, no field rotation
Subject...perfectly framed!
I was ready for a nap, but when that first sub downloaded, I got my second wind.
Now, I am doing my H-alpha imaging at the easy short focal lengths (355mm), but it sure is fun and exciting, nevertheless!
Woohoo!
Keith
This is now the 3rd or 4th time this week I have stayed up as much as I can to do narrowband imaging.
My wife asks how I can operate with such a minimum of sleep....I don't know about everyone else, but it is a real adrenaline rush when things come together:
Focus...perfect (stars at about 1.5 to 1.8 FWHM)
Guiding...dead on (errors no more than 50% of imaging pixel scale)
Length of sub...>7 minutes, no field rotation
Subject...perfectly framed!
I was ready for a nap, but when that first sub downloaded, I got my second wind.
Now, I am doing my H-alpha imaging at the easy short focal lengths (355mm), but it sure is fun and exciting, nevertheless!
Woohoo!
Keith
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