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mohmiim

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donut shapes in image
« on: July 20, 2012, 02:17:21 am »
Hi ;

I just got into astrophotography recently, and i finally got my ATIK 383+L yesterday
tried to use it last night and i got weir donuts shapes in the image (see the attached image)
the stay in teh same spot evenif i rotate the camera, is that a problem in the camera or am i doing something wrong ? (the image had other problems around focus and collimation, but i know how to deal with those)

MikeM

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Re: donut shapes in image
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2012, 03:21:48 am »
That's dust in your image train. You have to shoot flats
To subtract them out.
Clear Skies!!
Mike

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mohmiim

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Re: donut shapes in image
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2012, 09:05:54 am »
thank you for the hint, i cleaned the front window of the camera and this did the trick
« Last Edit: July 21, 2012, 09:11:52 am by mohmiim »