From dark skies of Gloucester NSW

[tornado33]

Hi all.
Spend the weekend at relo's place in Gloucester NSW. Houghy kindly lent me his Polarie startracker. I used my 600D and 50mm lens on it.
Images are
Comet Catinina among heaps of stars. 7x5 mins full size here[/URL . Also full res .crop of comet.

Milky Way area 5x5 mins full size [URL="http://d1355990.i49.quadrahosting.com.au/Scott/milkyway5x5minsiso800x50mmf5.6x600d gloucester.jpg"]here (http://d1355990.i49.quadrahosting.com.au/Scott/catilinagloucester7x5mins50mmf3.5x6 00d.jpg)
Rho Ophiuchus area 13x5 mins, taken on Sat night that was much warmer, full size here (http://d1355990.i49.quadrahosting.com.au/Scott/rho13x5mins50mmf3.5x600dgloucesterg rad.jpg)
All pics unguided on the Polarie whose polar scope allowed very precise polar alingment. all pics at F3.5 and ISO 800.
Scott

[theodog]

So,
Can't keep away from the dark skies for long.

Nice set Scott.

[glend]

This is exactly why we love going up to Bretti each New Moon. Bretti is 35kms northwest of Gloucester.

[strongmanmike]

Some lovely results Scott, you must be quite happy with them, especially considering your current (and past!) state of health :thumbsup:

Houghy, he's the man, always prepared to help a fellow astroimager/observer, that's why we love him so much :love:..I'd give him a hug if he was here now!

Mike

[RickS]

Great shots, Scott.

[tornado33]

Thanks all. Tis great to have such great mates :)

[lazjen]

Nice images. I'll have to give the polar scope a go with the polarie to see if I can get to 5 min images. That would be fantastic. I think the best I've done is about 1 or 2 min.

How many darks did you do?