I'm happy - after getting my new mount (EQ6Pro) - managed to sort out guiding - so much easier & repeatable than LXD75. spent last night playing with mount doing Periodic Error etc. & took very quick image of bubble - did 20 x 90secs L .. Not the best image given full moon but OK...
John
(http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.punnett/graphics/oas/bubble.jpg)
Still looks very good on here, John. You should be pleased that you have succeeded in autoguiding & also taken a great image first time out.
Fay
Thks Fay - hopefully better to come... I think that now I can do guided long exposures I'm going to quickly reach the limits of my modified webcam which will probably mean a new camera sometime soon with 16 bits/ cooling.... more money... :-(
Cheers, John
Nice image John, what are you using to guide?
Hi Paul,
Normal setup is image with Modified webcam (SC3) throough my Intes Micro MN56 & guide with another modified webcam (SC1.5) through the little WO ZS66. As you can probably gather I now have a new mount EQ6 Pro (same as Mike & Chris). As I said above with the ability to do exposures in excess of 5 mins I probably need to look at getting a 16bit cooled imaging camera at some stage..
Cheers - John.
John,
Nice image and by the looks of things the INCIDENT :oops: last week doesn't seem to have affected the scopes at all.
Tony G
ps particularly like the star at the bottom of the image :o
Very impressive results, especially with a full moon not far from the field. Those EQ6's are a nice piece of kit.