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My astronomy club buddy in Fort Worth said to stop chasing faint nebulas on my first night out, and I hate that he was right
I blew 3 hours and 40 minutes trying to stack shots of the Veil Nebula at f/10 and got a gray smudge, then he pointed his rig at the Orion Nebula for 8 minutes and had a photo worth printing, so what's the call, do I stick to the bright stuff for a while or just buy the faster scope now?
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parker_patel841d ago
Three hours and forty minutes on the Veil at f/10 is basically a master class in pain, and your buddy should get a plaque for standing there watching it happen. Stick with the bright stuff for now, because learning the basics on a target that actually shows up beats fighting a gray smudge any night. The fast scope will still be there when you actually know what you're doing with it.
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