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M42 low in Cambridge, Alex
M42 low in Cambridge
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M42 low in Cambridge

M42 low in Cambridge, Alex
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M42 low in Cambridge

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First light with the ED102 APO!!

I'm quite happy with this result because Orion was just above my neighbours fence after coming from behind the tree for about 30 mins tops. Almost directly in line with the streetlight out the back as well. And I didn't have time to polar align properly so I was probably off by about 5 deg or more. So I didn't want to push the exp much more, 90s was probably pushing it already. I also didn't give the scope time to cool down, and the focus started to drift after about 5 subs. But I didn't have time to re-focus as the target was about to drop below the fence line, I decided to take more subs with slightly off focus than not get any more subs after re-focusing.

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Description: This time processed without flats. Clearly I need to take better flats!

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M42 low in Cambridge, Alex