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Old 26-11-06, 23:25
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Originally Posted by Don Hoey View Post
I have just found this link http://www.astropix.com/

Huge amount of detailed info on processing in Photoshop. A lot more than a 5 minute read.

Don
Jerry Lodriguss is quite an authority on the subject. I have copies of his two e-books (A Guide to Astrophotograpy with digital SLR cameras and Photoshop for Astrophotographers) and am currently on a very steep learning curve.

Last night it was unexpectedly clear so now have an example of the power of stacking. It is not up to Alex's standard but was taken through a 200mm lens on a driven mount that was decidedly shakey and not properly polar aligned so decided that 10s was all I could manage. One is a single 10s exposure and the other is 33 stacked 10s exposures. I hope it is obvious which is which.

Next opportunity I will mount the camera on my driven telescope and should be able to cope with longer exposures.

Dave
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