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Once you have your ‘scope in focus, your target image framed properly, and your dark frames taken with your imaging program set to automatically subtract the dark frames for you, you are ready to start your imaging session. The next decision you will have to make is how long of an exposure to use for your images.
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Kennedy, L.A. (2012). Taking Exposures and Auto-Guiding. In: One-Shot Color Astronomical Imaging. Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3247-0_8
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