Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  Extremely wide field
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Cygnus Test Image 2Nov13, David Dearden
Cygnus Test Image 2Nov13
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Cygnus Test Image 2Nov13

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This is a test image preparatory to my trip to Australia later this month. I wanted to see what I could do with 15 sec exposures on the Canon PowerShot A560, completely untracked. The result is this image is quite noisy. I will look into taking a lightweight tracking head so I can do longer exposures. In the meantime, I want to see if this can be plate solved.

Date: 2 Nov 2013

Subject: Cygnus

Scope: none

Filter: none

Mount: fixed tripod

Guiding: none

Camera: Canon PowerShot A560

Acquisition: CHDK Astrophoto4

Exposure: 80x15 sec

Stacking: DSS, 12 darks

Processing: StarTools

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Cygnus Test Image 2Nov13, David Dearden