And the night begins...

[LewisM]

Decent seeing in SEQ, fantastic clarity!

Here's a single cropped and reduced 10 min H-a sub of M83 (still manual focused at f/3.6, and it is SLIGHTLY out)

Get out there SEQ!!! :)

[ianB]

I also live on the S.C, i went to have a look at mars at around 9:30 but it ws a little blurry.
Apparently on the Skippysky scale the transparency is better than the seeing tonight.
Did you happen to have a look at mars tonight?
( nice image with the spiral arms )

[LewisM]

It's now 0030 and NOTHING is twinkling, and the guider is not even moving.

[Camelopardalis]

Glad you guys are getting some decent conditions...it started off looking promising down here this evening but by midnight the seeing had definitely gone round the u-bend :sadeyes:

[LewisM]

And now onto NGC3324.

This is a mere 2 minute test shot in H-a at f/3.6... this is my dream telescope!!!! Just WOW.

[ianB]

I would love to be able to take photos like that, it would amazing.

[lazjen]

Nice. Yes, it's a good night out there it seems. These all-nighters are killing me though. 3 in a row now. I must be getting old. :p

[strongmanmike]

Way to go Lewis :thumbsup:

Mike

[LewisM]

What chuffs me more is finding the right settings in MaxIM to remove all blooms seamlessly :) BIG relief and it does it 100% better than CCDStack.

[ReaPerMan]

Nice image Lewis. I agree these fast scopes are fantastic. Can be a bit tricky to get going but once they are on it opens up so much. Being able to image a number of targets in one night and getting deep results in very little time! Dreamy stuff.

all the best

Paul :thumbsup:

[Octane]

Well done, dude.

I was out there last night, too! I'm supposed to have my gear moved in two day's time, but, I just couldn't help but spend five hours setting all my gear up in the backyard.

Here's a 30 minute hydrogen alpha guided sub-exposure with the FSQ-106N and STL-11000M. :)

The Moon was above the horizon at this stage, but, I didn't care.

I've run an erosion filter on it to remove the stars and accentuate the nebula around this beautiful area. This is straight from MaximDL.

H

[LewisM]

Colour converted here. Still dull looking but long way to go yet: http://www.astrobin.com/full/91745/0/

[ianB]

Went out again tonight but mars was boiling, could just make out polar cap, i thought conditions would have been better : (

[ianB]

Lewis, is that a photo that you took in astrobin?
If so its very good, nice and clear and lovely colour.