M42 7th Oct.

[asimov]

That full moon was a bit of a nuisance ;)

5.5" F3.6 schmidt newt / LE modded 840K webcam.

[Lester]

You could write a book= Astro photography on a shoe string budget.

Very nice image Asi. No one else comes close in this field.

[RB]

:eyepop:
That's a stunner mate.
Wow that's from the 840K?
Excellent.

[EzyStyles]

nice asi . can even see some of the new born stars. that modded toucam does a fine job. You have the exact problem i had with my F4 scope, oval stars rather than circle and it is definitely not tracking. gee's at F3.6, how do u find collimation?

[asimov]

I find collimation pretty straightforward. My polar alignment is spot on but I'm getting PE which I can do nothing about; no electronics on my CG5 mount apart from the drive motors on each axis & handcontroller.

Cheers.

[beren]

:thumbsup: Top stuff

[spearo]

very good!
excellent use of your equipement there for sure.
those modded TOUCAMs are excellent all around, I use mine for autoguiding but hopefully soon I'll use it for planetary stuff too.
talk about versatile
frank

[asimov]

Thanks Stuart.

Yes Frank, they do a great job for what they are! :)

Cheers