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M100 and the Coma Pinwheel Galaxy, Andrew Burwell
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M100 and the Coma Pinwheel Galaxy

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M100 and the Coma Pinwheel Galaxy

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Second round of tests with the TOA-130. Everything is getting squared away for the dark site move. Spent a lot of time dialing in Hocus Focus within NINA. FWHM values dropped quite a bit with better star detection. I now have the remote trigger configured as well as Internet powered ports. Only element missing now is the DSD Flat panel which is in production and should ship this week.

Not a ton of hours on this target for bortle 9 skies, but wow, the detail. We had the first really nice night in some time, average FWHM was 2.1 last night. The dust lanes in the Coma Pinwheel Galaxy are really clear. I can't believe how much detail is in these tiny galaxies.

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