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[alacant]

Hi everyone

Lock down day 16 and the sky hasn't helped at all. This was the first target of my short window of clarity before m3 the other night. First time I've given up after a meridian flip rendered the -dslr so I can't rotate it- oag with only one faint star; the seeing wasn't good enough to hold, even at 4s [1]. So this is just the first few frames east. The light gathering capacity of the telescope made up for the lack of frames somewhat but it still needed software bin to rescue the background. Amazed by the detail and faint stuff the 10" yields; I wish I could attribute this to my processing skills!

Cheers, thanks for looking and stay safe.

eos700d @ ISO800

[1] EDIT. Mental note to self: increasing the guide camera gain would probably have fixed it. DUH...

 

Edited March 30, 2020 by alacant
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[vineyard]

That's gorgeous.

[scotttumsh]

fantastic image, great to see

[Erling G-P]

Amazing!  Love the subtle colour nuances in the galaxy.