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17 years 10 months ago #41197 by TrevorDurity
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Lovely images Michael.
The horsehead in 10x30secs! I can see why SBIG cams have such a premium.

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17 years 10 months ago #41200 by dave_lillis
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Great images Michael, looks like the scope+camera are a good combination, the flood gates have opened.! :)
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17 years 10 months ago #41207 by ayiomamitis
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Very nice work Michael. You have been assimilated ... resistance is/was futile!
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17 years 10 months ago #41208 by DaveGrennan
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Holy Moley! At this rate Michael, You'll have the whole sky imaged by Thursday and your gear up for sale by Friday!

Great images!
Regards and Clear Skies,

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17 years 10 months ago #41217 by phoenix
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Michael,

Looking at those I wish I could have hung on a bit longer to watch those images come in. It looks like you were a very busy boy after you got us out of your hair. You must be well pleased with the results from the camera. Keep them coming.
I was just wondering, when we going for focus on Venus we saw the blooming spikes, any sign of any blooming on other stars?

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17 years 10 months ago #41218 by michaeloconnell
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Kieran,
Yes there was. The camera is a Non Anti-Blooming (NABG) camera and so doesn't control blooming. The image of the horsehead nebula contained blooming spikes from the bright star in the centre of the image. For the most part, Maxim can repair blooms very well. It's only when the bloom crosses a nebula region that it struggles - like it did in the horsehead image where the repair job wasn't 100% perfect.

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