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<p>I'm going to just express an opinion here...</p><p>I'd like for the community to consider a standard that we gently support here, since we got our cool Astrophotography forum that some of us asked for...</p><p> What think you all of posting the mechanics of our photography as a standard?</p><p>How'd you make it: Scope, Camera, Exposure, ISO, Mount, prime/projection/etc, Stacking or Single-shot, composite or single image, image-processing tools? Obviously one may not know or have documented everything - but whatever we have.</p><p>I find the best way to learn is by considering other photographer's efforts, and then analyzing their shots and asking questions about their decisions. This elevates it above eye-candy for me and makes it a learning and discussion process.</p><p>Mine will generally look something like:</p><p>Celestron N5 on wedgepod, Canon 20d prime-focus,[unmodified], 50x45Sec (DSS), ISO 1600, [amount of image processing] CS3.</p><p> So I'd have made the photo on a NexStar 5 mounted to a wedgepod with a Canon 20d screwed into the back at prime focus - 50 frames of 45sec each stacked in Deep Sky Stacker at 1600 ISO, and then did some image processing in Photoshop CS3.</p><p>What think you all?</p><p>- A </p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>.</p><p><font size="3">bipartisan</font> (<span style="color:blue" class="pointer"><span class="pron"><font face="Lucida Sans Unicode" size="2">bī-pär'tĭ-zən, -sən</font></span></span>) [Adj.] Maintaining the ability to blame republications when your stimulus plan proves to be a devastating failure.</p><p><strong><font color="#ff0000"><font color="#ff0000">IMPE</font><font color="#c0c0c0">ACH</font> <font color="#0000ff"><font color="#c0c0c0">O</font>BAMA</font>!</font></strong></p> </div>