8th Feb 2699

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8th Feb 2699

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Hello all: anticipating that this weekend the weather will be cloudy and rainy here, I had about 15 minutes this morning before work for a quick shoot with this new point and shoot camera I am experimenting with. The disk edges still leave a lot to desire, probably again because of seeing, but I thought 2699 is showing OK, considering no telescope was used and the very quick session.

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Re: 8th Feb 2699

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good catch


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Nice shots Franco! The saw tooth limb is just down to the seeing.


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Re: 8th Feb 2699

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Wow! these are fabulous :hamster: are these single frame images? if so, perhaps stacking will get rid of the seeing sawtooth

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Re: 8th Feb 2699

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Franco:
The edges are much better, good session.
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Re: 8th Feb 2699

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Thank you Steve, Mark, Alexandra and Eric for your comments.

These are single shot frames processed in Photoshop and Astra Image only.

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Re: 8th Feb 2699

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That's pretty amazing for a point and shoot with no scope! Do you mind my asking what equipment you used?


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This is the camera. Nikon Coolpix P900.

I would say this zoom is almost a telescope....

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Re: 8th Feb 2699

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The advantage is that setting up time is literally a couple of minutes.


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Re: 8th Feb 2699

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That spot is getting big

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Re: 8th Feb 2699

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Hi Franco...

These are impressive images taken from the camera setup. Like you say it would be quick to setup to grab WL images!!!

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Impressive little setup Franco!


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Re: 8th Feb 2699

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Thank you, Mark and Brian.

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