Keep calm and drink beer

[LewisM]

Corona that is

Managed 4 hours on Corona Australis last night (and 2 other targets - yay!) with the Wee Takker. Yeah, it's still noisy like a friday night at the pub, so I shall persevere.

So, I can finally officially claim a FIRST for the year. Now go load your Honders and RC's and do me proud

El enlace a la imagen ruidosa: https://www.astrobin.com/343506/

Versión más grande: https://www.astrobin.com/full/343506/0/?nc=user

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

A very nice feel for how some of the dust looks black and obscures the distant stars, while some of the other dust looks warm grey-brown, presumably reflects the foreground starlight, but still obscures the distant stars.

And yes, a first!

[multiweb (Marc)]

Your best to date. Más grande indeed.

[LewisM]

Thanks guys.

There is a truck-load of noise still, especially in the dark lanes, and the "hockey stick" isn't popping yet, so another 4 hours...

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Great start Lewis, just another couple of clear nights data and you'll have a 'keeper there

[RickS (Rick)]

That's very good. Are you getting serious at last, Lewis?

[LewisM]

Originally Posted by RickS

That's very good. Are you getting serious at last, Lewis?

Hell no. Knowing me, that'll be it. I seem to be one of the "tick it off the list" type . MAYBE, just MAYBE I'll keep going. Maybe. Got to probably finally succumb to the dark side of auto-focus.

M78 has been a 6 year nemesis quest so far... bugging me too.

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by LewisM

M78 has been a 6 year nemesis quest so far... bugging me too.

I have some really, really nice M78 data that I'm processing at present

[atalas]

Is very good

[DJT (David)]

Love the segway images and the astrobin one is really very good.

Am amused

[LewisM]

My pleasure David

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

That's excellent Lewis! A good object for any size scope.

[Paul Haese]

Pretty good given the duration. The colour is right on.

It's on my agenda to do a close up of the reflection nebula in the near future, so I'll be one you can expect an image from.

[LewisM]

Thanks Paul. I agree - it needs at least another 4 hours to really do it justice. And with it's positioning currently for me, it is an ideal target.

4 hours was my previous record. Let's see if I can make it 8