Re: End of Year - your best image(s)?
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Sonny wow, is this still with that atik camera of yours? They should give you an award or something
your images have improved 1000%
Sorry, probably been seen before, but 2020 changed my Astro Imaging dramatically because I got my GM811GHD mount, and finally ironed out my wrinkles from my bad habits developed from my old mount.
But once I got my 811 set up exactly the way I've always dreamed a mount could be, plus a few things Scott built into the possibilities, my imaging has taken a whole new turn for the better.
I'm a long exposure imager. I was forced on this path by my first camera which would only gather anything by doing exceedingly long single shot images. 20, 30, and longer, single shot images forced me to become good at alignments and guiding. So when Scott mentioned he likes long exposure imaging, I knew I was at the right place to buy my last mount.
When I read that the RAEXT was made to allow imaging through the meridian's, with no Meridian flip, I knew that would be a primary use for me. I got it for sectionalizing the RA and Dec, but forgetting the flip? That was a dream!
I finally felt worthy of trying it one warm June night. So excited I stayed awake until 03:30 Hrs, observing and working my mounts limits. That night tested, and proved some amazing capabilities for me. I stopped at 13,000 seconds of collected image.
Since that night I've been interested in doing these singular long session images. And I like trying for the unusual and colorful Nebula. Nebula was what attracted me to astro imaging to begin with. Once I found The Great Orion Nebula with my spotting scope I was hooked on the pursuit. Something my "bad" camera taught me was time manipulation. Something my good camera has taught me is that with my 811 mount, and the RAEXT, I can still use time and let the camera stack and build the images. It's opened a whole new vain for me to use pursuing images in my simple form.
Because I was having so much new found successes because of the new mount, and a new found ability to get really critical Polar Alignment.
So I'm closing out 2020 with this handful of my bestest, and a Vodka and Orange Juice. Yep, 2020 was a screwdriver. Just force feed some Vitamin C to the liver.
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SonnyE
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-- Brian?
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