Re: [APML] FSQ-106 - my early results...

[Michael Cole <mrcole@earthlink.net>]

That's a very good start Jeff.  Stacking will surely help as well. 
You may want to try the method of Jerry Lodriguss to combine images of 
different exposure time to remove core brightness of M42
http://www.astropix.com/HTML/J_DIGIT/COMP2.HTM

Michael Cole
UrbanImager Astrophotography website
http://home.earthlink.net/~urbanimager/index.htm



Jeff Crilly wrote:

>Here's some of my first film results with the FSQ...
>
>M42...
>http://fototime.com/580F5FD0929CBB2/orig.jpg
>
>This is on RG400, 20 minutes or so, on the G11 guided by a ST7E.
>
>The scanning was done by a epson 4870, which had its
>"first light" last night.
>
>B33 (old PPF400)...
>http://fototime.com/46ABE4666B190E6/orig.jpg
>
>Another M42...
>http://fototime.com/8BFB8782210153D/orig.jpg
>
>gamma cygni (also old PPF400)
>http://fototime.com/CDB61146A4FF1AE/orig.jpg
>(not as good as nicola's)
>
>These are all single exposures.. Stacking would
>help.  Thats next.
>
>In some images, the prints looked good, but scanning
>at 4800dpi showed stars a bit oblong near the edge -- the
>polar alignment was off.  The FSQ is rather forgiving
>with its 530mm focal length, so I thought.
>
>jeff
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