Re: [APML] First results with GEG

["Steve Lindsey" <stevelindsey@earthlink.net>]

Looks great Darin!  I have a similar set up with a 10" meade SCT.  Tracking
and focus both look pretty much on to me.  Don't really know what the best
color balance should look like.  You will definitely get a lot more detail
with longer exposures.  Did you crop the frame much here?  The GEG will
usually stretch the stars in the corners some in that mode and your image
doesn't show it too much.

Steve
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Subject: [APML] First results with GEG


> Grettings APML-ers,
>
> I just got back my first attempt at M42 using the Lumicon GEG on my C11.
It
> is also my first try with Royal Gold Select 200 (I've been using RGS-400),
> and I'm delighted with its performance.  I wouldn't say my tracking was
> perfect that night, but given the vagaries of focusing the camera and the
> ST-4 and getting it all aligned and running, I am happy with this as a
first
> try.  The processed image at the other end of the link is a stack of a 20
> and a 15 minute exposure.  There's alos a link to the raw image right off
> the CD.  I suspect I could expose longer on the RGS-200.  20-25 minutes is
> max from my location on RGS-400.
>
> http://course.wilkes.edu/astroimages/stories/m42.html
>
>
> I'd appreciate any feedback, particularly if you see any "tell-tale" GEG
> problems.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Darin
>
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