MikeODay
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Defn: First World Problem
16GB of memory is not enough to integrate 273 x 6016x4016 32bit images in PixInsight without thrashing the hard drive
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Finally a couple of good nights
- no moon - tick
- no clouds - tick
- no smoke from hazard reduction fires - tick
- low humidity - tick
- light breeze - tick
- good seeing - tick
- no guiding gremlins - tickInitial imaging results look promising from the couple of short sessions I managed on NGC253 ( Sculptor Galaxy ) and NGC6744
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Not sure of the plan for this weekend yet; the forecast is for it to be clear so I may manage to get some more data ( so far for the Sculptor Galaxy I have around 200 x 240 sec subs + 70 and so shorter subs for the highlights ). On the other hand, if it turns bad then I will just go ahead and process what I have.
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Finally a couple of good nights
- no moon - tick
- no clouds - tick
- no smoke from hazard reduction fires - tick
- low humidity - tick
- light breeze - tick
- good seeing - tick
- no guiding gremlins - tickInitial imaging results look promising from the couple of short sessions I managed on NGC253 ( Sculptor Galaxy ) and NGC6744
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Finally a couple of good nights
- no moon - tick
- no clouds - tick
- no smoke from hazard reduction fires - tick
- low humidity - tick
- light breeze - tick
- good seeing - tick
- no guiding gremlins - tickInitial imaging results look promising from the couple of short sessions I managed on NGC253 ( Sculptor Galaxy ) and NGC6744
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I am particulaly pleased with how the Sculptor Galaxy subs look ...
This is an in-camera JPEG ( half size ) of one of the better subs ( 240s ISO800 );
Light pollution is not too bad and it looks like there might be some nice detail in the dark dust lanes ...Hopefully I will get a chance to process them this weekend
( click / tap on image to see larger )
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