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Cygnus not quite as Wide Field, Jim Medley
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Cygnus not quite as Wide Field

Revision title: Stretched

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Description

Imaged last night using a Pentax Super Takumar SMC 200mm f/4.0 lens on the modified Canon 550D.  Immediately after acquiring 1 hour with the 135 lens, I managed to change lenses without overly impacting the polar alignment. Processed with star reduction in APP, set at 60% radius and intensity.

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B

Title: Integrated with 135mm data

Description: I integrated the data collected using the 135 mm lens into the 200 mm set, for a total of 172 minutes of acquisition time. I figure using the two different frame sizing is essentially similar to dithering for reducing S/N and it worked. Star Reduction reduced to 75% radius and intensity.

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C

Title: 60% Star Reduced

Description: same as before, all 135 and 200 mm frames integrated and cropped to fill the 200 mm frame.

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D

Title: Stretched

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Cygnus not quite as Wide Field, Jim Medley

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