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blacker sky?

Started by hakescl, 02/28/2010 10:50PM
Posted 02/28/2010 10:50PM Opening Post
Looked at my previous post on a different monitor and the sky looked very gray and washed out instead of nicely stretched to show dim details. So I made it darker. More pleasing? Anything else to try on it?

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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