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oska
04-01-2023, 03:03 PM
First light for G11, ASI2600MC & BT200 so of course it's Carina, as is tradition.

Smooth as for about 2 hrs then clouds....

90mins of 90s @ 100g 50o -10C uncalibrated.

G11 (Gemini1)
ASI2600MC + TSGPU
BT200/F5 + Long Perng R&P focuser
Saxon ST80 + 120mm

Thrilled!
The mount is slick AF, most heartfelt thanks David!
The camera is awesome, I may _need_ to get an MM so it wont get lonely on cloudy nights, thanks heaps Tom!
The scope is delightful, very under rated, cheers Stephane!
:thanx:

And a moon lit phone shot :)

xelasnave
04-01-2023, 07:17 PM
You must be very happy with such a great result for first go with all of it...do you ride the small mount to the shops?

That can't have been to far above the horizon?..

I am very happy it is all working so well for you.

Alex

Doogs38
04-01-2023, 10:04 PM
Firstly John, how lucky are you to have some clear night sky! Secondly, great image mate … that’s an excellent result with your new setup (congrats too). Lots (and lots) of great detail and I reckon you’ve nailed the colour with those subtle rusty red tones. Alex

oska
05-01-2023, 09:47 AM
Cheers Alex^2

The trolley's made with a stunt 16" bmx so it can do all sorts of tricks but it's not rego'd so the shops are out. I still might put streamers on the ends of the hand grips, fancy. I think it was about 20 deg.

I'm feelin' lucky ;) I was/am totally blown away how much data that rig grabs and how fast! Man, the clouds have been so painful lately. Been torturing myself trying to grab (M45) in the gaps :/
I actually did the bare minimum processing (uncalibrated even)
BlurX->NoiseX->GH Stretch->StarX->Saturation curve(the very slightest)->very slight star reduction (BB#3-softest)
So she's basically au-naturale.

I'll call it "lucky imaging", in that I was lucky to get an image :lol:

AstroViking
07-01-2023, 07:34 PM
Great image, John.

Carina is always a good target, no matter whether it's a "first light" occasion or not.

Dave882
07-01-2023, 09:35 PM
Great first light! Can’t wait to see some more images from the new rig. :thumbsup:

oska
07-01-2023, 10:37 PM
Thanks Steve & David. I'm hanging to get it out again.

Stephane
08-01-2023, 08:49 AM
John, a lovely effort with the BT200! I see the secondary is still nice and central giving you gorgeous diffraction spikes. It only took me 3 months to work that out. :lol:

Keep going!

Bodon
08-01-2023, 10:02 AM
John, really nice pic!

Id like to take some images with my newt after seeing this.

oska
08-01-2023, 11:43 AM
Thanks Stephane, it's a rock solid beauty, it barely needed any collimation after the journey.

Thanks Steve I'm thoroughly impressed with it and really looking forward to your efforts.