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Sky brightness

Home › Forums › General Discussion › Members’ Pages – Bortle scale – suggestion › Sky brightness

18 January 2022 at 3:30 pm #585128
Paul Leyland
Participant

Note that I. like many imagers, routinely image objects which are fainter than the sky. Long integration times and background removal software are much more feasible with a CCD than a retina!

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