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south horizon May 24, 2025, 4:11 PM

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whirlpool captured with 10" dobsonian untracked with canon 600d stacked 800 photos out of 1200 each 0.25second

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hexed mica May 24, 2025, 4:17 PM

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beautiful dude

south horizon May 24, 2025, 4:18 PM

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hexed mica beautiful dude

thanks

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it was really hard to capture

hexed mica May 24, 2025, 4:18 PM

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yeah i would bet, especially considering it's untracked

south horizon May 24, 2025, 4:19 PM

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yeah

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and thats 1200mm dob

hexed mica May 24, 2025, 4:19 PM

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hope you can get a computerized telescope sometime

south horizon May 24, 2025, 4:19 PM

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yeah i want goto mount

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that will help a lot

hearty compass May 24, 2025, 4:42 PM

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south horizon yeah i want goto mount

You seem to be in the same situation as me, untracked 10 inch dob, I would make an eq plate, their Easier and cheaper

south horizon May 24, 2025, 4:43 PM

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Ok thanks

molten patio May 24, 2025, 8:46 PM

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Those are really cool. I shot the same target a few nights ago and had the worst time getting it framed up with a 210mm lens. I can't imagine how hard it was to get it centered with a 1200mm focal length.

hearty compass May 25, 2025, 2:10 PM

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Have you tried bodes yet

south horizon May 25, 2025, 4:31 PM

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hearty compass Have you tried bodes yet

nah

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but i will

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i like whirlpool more and wanted to try it

lapis pier May 26, 2025, 7:19 PM

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I have a couple questions what does 1 singular frame out of those 800 look like can you not see the galaxies at all? And also what light pollution bortle are you in

south horizon May 27, 2025, 4:30 PM

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lapis pier I have a couple questions what does 1 singular frame out of those 800 look like ...

i am in bortle 4

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and this is single raw image

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u can see it a bit

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and yes u can say

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that there is a lot of noise

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but i need to use that much

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because if i used smaller iso to have less noise

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