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NGC 6905, Simon
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NGC 6905

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NGC 6905

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Well, what a night. First I used my 8" Cassegrain, which is always difficult for me - I am convinced my mount cannot handle the weight of this scope, even though technically it is supposed to. This means I have so many bad subs because the stars are elongated or worse, no matter how I balance it, or what I do. It is so frustrating because it is ideal for these small objects. Anyway, I took 500, 30s subs, of this object, and kept 105 of them - not that a single one of them had round stars, they were just the best of a bad bunch. I have tried to improve them using some software, but not very successfully. Some nights I get better results, but not this time. Second, the camera overheated and so hot was it, you could feel the heat on the spacers etc, it had dissipated up into them too! This is not the first time I have had this happen with a 294MC - so the shop have kindly had it back. We will see... 


I almost didn't post this because of all the issues, but I thought, 'whatever'. Anyway, I have done what I can with this image, and the imaging time was 52.5 minutes. Thanks everyone for your interesrt...

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NGC 6905, Simon