Chuck, Too many stars makes it impossible to image single stars without contamination from background stars. You want an area with high density but not so high you can't separate individual stars. -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Hards Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 9:06 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Tuesday's SLAS meet Love this quote (whatever it means, lol): "they could get the most stars in one field of view without getting too many stars within the field of view" _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com