M42 + Lovejoy

[Mac]

As tonight (saturday) was relatively clear I decided to chuck my D3 on to the back of the Scope, its been a very very long time since that combination was used.
Couldnt find my remote cable i built so i was limited to just 30s shots, using the built in timer. Couldn't find the correct adapter, so had to fudge one together, but it was only 1/1/4 and not the 2" so i did lose quite a lot of image due to vignetting.

14 Images Stacked (7mins) No darks, No flats , No bias. I know i should have taken them but i was in awe of just getting my equipment up and running.
iso 3200. Stacked in DSS, Processed in Photoshop.



Other sizes can be found here,
https://www.flickr.com/photos/43711844@N04/16063829499/sizes/l

I also did comet lovejoy.
Just a quick animation over a 5 min period.

Same settings as above


Mac.

[Fay]

Looking good Mac. what lens did you use?

[JohnP]

Nice glad that you are starting to image again would be a waste to not use your dark skies..

[Mac]

Looking good Mac. what lens did you use?

None, I chucked it on the back of my William optics, 90mm F 6.9.

Just need to find the correct adapter for the camera,
I might even set up my old lx200 as a guide scope, as none of those were guided.
and start using my h9 as a guide camera.

Mac.

[mickw]

I might even set up my old lx200 as a guide scope, as none of those were guided.
and start using my h9 as a guide camera

  We're not worthy

Good to see you back in business Mac, you even sneaked in the running man

[MarkS]

Nice!

Good to see you back in action!

Mark

[Mac]

Good to see you back in business Mac, you even sneaked in the running man

hopefully after i find all the bits for the adapter and the remote cable, i should be cooking on gas,
(well oil in these parts, as we dont have gas) 

Mac.

[RobertM]

It's been too long Mac but good to see you out again.  Hopefully you'll get some more time and we'll all get some clear weather.

Robert

[The Thing]

That's really good to see Mac. Look forward to a lot more images from deepest West Sussex.

You might have fun using the LX200 as a guide scope! I would have thought the finder would be a better bet

[Mac]

well i was thinking that it would be a problem, but i did have a f3.3 reducer somewhere, but i could never get it to focus poperly,
So i might just stick that on and see what i get, as its not to big a problem being a guide scope.

Also I've just found my 350D burried in an unopend box, Just need to Mod it.

Mac.