This might be of interest to those coming up with target ideas for the Faulkes session: http://resources.faulkes-telescope.com/file.php/12/ obsv_tel_advice_2011-ebook.pdf It's the Observing Advice Booklet put out by LCOGT.net/Faulkes. Also the RTI (Real Time Interface) demo may be of use at: http://www.faulkes-telescope.com/support/rti_demo Dave Bennett On Jan 16, 2013, at 9:38 AM, Chuck Hards wrote:
Well, to be fair, one's target does not necessarily have to accommodate artistic sensibilities...for example a target could be a galactic nucleus, close-up of a spiral arm, or central portion or otherwise interesting morphological feature of a largish nebula. The "Pillars of Creation" in M16 is a good example. Matching the image scale on the chip to what you want to see is the most important aspect. On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:41 AM, <erikhansen@thebluezone.net> wrote:
Too big of an object would be a bigger waste, I would keep the object size at about 80% of the field of view.