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Walter's LogBook |
| Sun/Mon August 8/9, 1999 |
My second night of imaging on the front porch in Oshawa. I was again using the Starlight Xpress MX512 and my 10" f/6.3 LX200. This time I balanced the LX200 and this doubled the reliable tracking
time from 5 seconds to 10 seconds (yes, I'm still underwhelmed by this level of drive performance!). Next time, I'll have a go at programming the LX200 SmartDrive, and see how much improvement I can
get.
These pictures were acquired and added together using MaxIm DL/CCD software. See my notes for
Aug 11/12 for information on globular cluster
image processing technique.
| M13 |
2 minutes (12 x 10s) |
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| It works for me! |
| M92 |
1.5 minutes (9 x 10s) |
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| I like it! |
| M15 |
1 minute (6 x 10s) |
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| I think 2 minutes will work a little better... |
| M27 |
7.16 minutes (43 x 10s) |
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| Maybe 15 minutes will do the trick... |
| M57 |
3 minutes (18 x 10s) |
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| I can defintely live with this! |