NGC2070 The Tarantula Nebula

[Brad Moore]

<tt>Hi All,

I was goofing off with CCDAutoPilot2 a few nights ago b4 the 12.5 RC arrives.

CCDAutoPilot2 lets you acquire a series of images automatically whilst you sleep. It automatically handles image framing, focusing, meridian flips, guiding, guide star acquisition, darks and dawn/dusk flats, etc. The down side is you need a highly tuned system to make it work which is a major challenge in itself.

Heres what I acquired during a 2.5 hour test run, It's a bit short on the colour data and the William Optics 80ED is showing signs of collimation problems again. *sigh*

However the signs are very very promising!

http://www.southern-astro.com/imgs/temp/ngc2070.jpg

Cheers,
Brad Moore

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[beren]

:) Top work ....good luck with the megrez and i thought santa was coming next month :P early delivery with the RC

[davidpretorius]

Nice setup for the software. I was watching bird having to guide mars, so i can appreciate the skill in leaving your scope for 2.5 hrs!!!!

Well done!

Looking forward to the next piccie when not goofin!

[h0ughy]

thats nice, more bells and whistles - more chance to muck up, but hey when it works it really works!!

[atalas]

Thats one big program you have there Brad ! It will be great to see the results when you have everything working the way you want It,and not only that but you'll be able to catch up on some sleep as well :zzz2:

[Itchy]

Kinda takes all the fun out of it hey Brad? :lol:


Nice pic, can't wait to see what the RC can do.

cheers

[Brad Moore]

Hi Itchy!

Not for me! :D Just keeping it in tune for automation is enough fun for me. :) Its just magic watching it all happen.

Cheers,
Brad