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Astrolounge
April 9th, 2007, 08:13 PM
imaged through ED100 wih Canon 350D
hand guided with LX200 @ f/10
1 x 10 min exposure
slight histogram adjustment in PS Pro
Radar
April 9th, 2007, 09:54 PM
Hand guided! Awesome mate. :thumbsupmate:
Draig
April 9th, 2007, 10:10 PM
Great Shot Astrolounge,
Where abouts are you taken these shots from?
Cheers Colin
Astrolounge
April 10th, 2007, 05:15 AM
thanks Radar and Colin, these are taken in Monbulk in the Dandenong Ranges, l'm about 35 kms East of Melbourne.
wakaleo
April 10th, 2007, 09:03 AM
Good work Astrolounge.
I'm envious of your clear skies. The skies around here are cloud covered and a strong wind has been blowing for the past 4-5 days. I'm not too upset though as I still don't have my tripod, EQ mount, etc.
More images please!
Noel Carboni
April 11th, 2007, 09:21 PM
Impressive, and doubly so for a single exposure!
Can you give a quick overview as to what's involved with hand-guiding? I'm assuming you watch a star in a reticle, and occasionally bump the mount control to keep that star centered... Is that about it? How much work is it? What optics do you use to image and guide simultaneously?
-Noel