How To. Comet Lemon on LX200GPS

[BlackWidow]

Thought I might have a go at the lemon tonight.. So I get a shot of the Lemon and not have a lemon night, I would like to assistance..

Not ever tried a comet so I am not sure how the scope will track the object and what settings I need to change on my scope.. I am on a wedge and use PHD for tracking... I was planning on using Stary Night Pro to do the Goto or would it be in the Autostar library and set the tracking accordingly? Just a little unsure of the process on a Comet and help and tips might save me some time.. :shrug:



Mardy

[ZeroID]

OK, so it's Lemmon, not Lemon ... :rolleyes: but anyway .. it isn't moving THAT fast that you can't use sidereal tracking and 30-60 second exposures. So regard it as a normal DSO object and go for it. I took a single 3200 ISO jpeg at 20 secs to get mine. Others I beleive have used planetary methods, avi and stack to get theirs.

Good luck

[BlackWidow]

Thanks Bret for your assistance.. See I was already on a bad start.. I even left an M out of Lemmon.. But good to see we are both Lost In Space.. I will give it a go..:thumbsup:

Thanks again
Mardy