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Old June 22nd 09, 07:53 PM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.astro
Stefan Lilge
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Default ASTRO: First light, AP155EDF f/7 and PL39000C, target M8/M20

Mighty image Richard.
The faster setting suits the camera well obviously. 0.87"/pixel were
probably a bit of an "overkill" for those large nebulae, so you probably
didn't lose anything by going for the shorter focal length.

Stefan

"Richard Crisp" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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I have been attempting to use the '155 f/7 with the PL39K for three weeks
now. The faster focal ratio, f/7 versus the f/9 of the '180edt, means
nearly a 2x improvement in light gathering rate with a modest increase in
image scale: 1.15 versus 0.87 "/pixel. Finally the weather cooperated on
Saturday night.

I took 4.75 hours of exposure on Sat night using 15 minute subexposures.

the full 39 megapixel resolution on the linked page below is interesting:
there are a lot of stars in there!

http://www.narrowbandimaging.com/m8_...pl39K_page.htm