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Garyh
14-01-2009, 04:01 PM
Hi Folks,
Well as most of you might know, we had a lightning strike up at home a few weeks ago which caused some havoc with some household gear and my little observatory. Luckily the damage wasn`t as bad as I first thought with only the Digital drive being damaged, shoestring DBUSB dead and a cable that needed to be re-crimped. Many thanks to Peter for the quick repair to the Digital Drive and the guys at Shoestring Astronomy for a super fast delivery! 6 days from ordering it was here..:) .
Thanks also to Fahim who lent me his old spare Digital drive incase I got stuck with a lenghty repair time...:thumbsup:
Here is a quick shot of good ol M42 with a nearly full moon.
Just 26 x 10 sec and 26 x 45 sec at iso 800 and a quick process gave me this image.. Not very deep but I find it pleasing and everything is working as it should...:thumbsup:
Shall do some deeper shots tonight before the moon gets too high.
cheers and thanks everyone..
Gary
Geoff45
14-01-2009, 05:32 PM
Nice image Gary. Getting the trapezium is alwasys a plus. Also the modded camera really shows up the red.
RobF
14-01-2009, 09:23 PM
Yay! Glad you're back in business Gary.
AlexN
14-01-2009, 10:14 PM
Indeed.. good to see you're back in the saddle! :D Now.. Surge protectors Gary.. Lots of them ! :D
Octane
14-01-2009, 10:28 PM
Gary,

Nice work. Glad to see you've got your issues sorted. Can't wait to see your deep images!

Regards,
Humayun
richardo
14-01-2009, 11:36 PM
Very nice recovery Gaz!
What Newt, 6 or 8"er??

Glad things are back and running.

All the best
Rich
multiweb
15-01-2009, 08:45 AM
Yeah you got the core trap real good. Nice pic. :thumbsup:
Garyh
15-01-2009, 09:05 AM
Thanks guys!
Great to be up and running! I missed 3 perfect cloud free and moon free nights when it happened :( but so glad that the total repair bill was under $300. :)
Managed a good hour last night before the moon got too high and the seeing was excellent!
:thumbsup:
More tonight with luck..;)
cheers Gary
jase
15-01-2009, 05:33 PM
Nice work Gary. Not sure about the drop off of nebulosity however. Perhaps the outer regions could be stretched a little more. Rich colours look good. Well done.