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http://www.earthhour.org/ You switch off your lights for one hour. On Saturday, March 28, 8:30-9:30pm.
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It's a great bit of kit - you'll love it! Kurt
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I would recommend Starmap - very nice app. Kurt
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Widefield with M31 hiding in there.
Keagle replied to Sam's topic in Imaging - Widefield, Special Events and Comets
Yeah I tape mine down aswell - autofocus on Venus, then switch to manual and tape, trying not to knock the focus ring! Kurt -
Basic widefield with a Camera and Tripod
Keagle replied to jgs001's topic in Imaging - Tips, Tricks and Techniques
Excellent write up John, this is very interesting to me. My photos always end up very blue, but I didn't really process them. Going to go through this Kurt -
If you're using a 1.25" T-Adaptor, you will get vignetting with a DSLR-sized chip. Consider getting a 2" adaptor, if you can.
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Thanks for the heads up Pete Kurt
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Amazing, incredibly deep. Good job Eddie. Kurt
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Widefield M31 + Milky
Keagle replied to Keagle's topic in Imaging - Widefield, Special Events and Comets
Thanks guys I'm hoping so Tom - it is a great bit of kit, hope you get a good first light. Kurt -
Lost a load of subs to the camera "auto-rotating", which I must turn off I guess. Lesson learnt! Tried stacking the 6 best subs, but this is an overall stack of the 14 which looked better in my eyes. Much less noise. Used 5 darks. So 14x180s at ISO800, using the unmodded 350D with the 18-55 kit lens at 28mm and f/5.6. Astrotrac TT320X. (click to enlarge) Thanks, Kurt
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Finally, an image of something! Aside from my other lunar shot. After getting everything to work without a hitch, finally got 20 3minute subs to use. Really need a second battery, that way I can either do more subs or increase the length and do the same amount. DSS stacked 16 of them, and then I just applied levels in Photoshop. Haven't got the hang of this processing yet! Really need some flats looking at this, vignetting is appalling. And a better lens, coma is apparent too. It's very blue, too. Still, first none-lunar shot and I'm very happy - as I watched the first framing sub come on the