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M42 - First light, Garrett D'Amore
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M42 - First light

M42 - First light, Garrett D'Amore
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M42 - First light

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Decided to hit the easy button, and got a new rig - AM5 harmonic mount and an AT72EDII.  This is the first photos taken with this.  MUCH easier than dealing with my older CGEM-II and C8 SCT!

There is clearly a flat frame calibration issue (I tried a new method and it doesn't seem to have worked out so well), but otherwise this is the best image I have produced of M42.

I'll probably have another go at it with proper flats, and a dew heater and maybe the auto focuser.  (This was taken without a dew heater, and the later subs are clearly of lower quality than the earlier ones, which I presume to be dew related.)

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M42 - First light, Garrett D'Amore