Clear skies last night - M4 and M7

[[1ponders]]

Clear skies again last night on the coast. Transparency was about 6-8/ 10 (got better as the night went on) Seeing was pretty poor again, only about average 5-7/10 again improving as the night went on. Fair bit of sky glow because of the transparency.

First shot is M4 with ngc6144 near Antares. 5X180 sec @ ISO800

The second is M7 5X180 sec @ ISO800

[atalas]

Very nice shots again Paul ! I love that line of stars through M4 and that wide field shot of M7 looks great. oh looks like you grabbed that other glob near by.

Louie :thumbsup:

[ving]

well caught with 6144! :)
and the butterfly is pretty too :)

[[1ponders]]

Yep, ngc 6453

[[1ponders]]

Which ones 6144 ving?

[[1ponders]]

sorry :ashamed: :P you mean the first shot :lol: It a late night/early morning thing for me :)

[tornado33]

Yes very nice shots there, well tracked and focussed.
Scott

[dhumpie]

Very nice Paul. I too noticed that transparency has not been the best the past two nights. Hopefully it will be better tonight since it is supposed to rain tomorrow arvo and I need my DSO fix for the weekend :)

Darren

[[1ponders]]

Oh its nice tonight alright Darren. That's why the bowls club next door have their lights on :(:(:(

Last night was a good mag 4.5 - 5 at least (At 2:00 am at least :) ) Tonight I'm flat out making out mag 3 to 3.5. Can just make out gamma musca at 3.8 and that's 180degrees from the lights. :tasdevil: :tasdevil: :tasdevil: :mad2:

[beren]

:thumbsup: top shots once again Paul....was going to give tonite a miss because of the cold and working in freezers all week but results like yours are a perfect motivation to get out there :D