NGC 1261 in Horologium

[tornado33]

Fould this little globular while browsing through Star Atlas pro maps, so i thought Id capture it.
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6503&stc=1
10 inch f5.6, Eos 300D, 2 x 3 mins ISO 800, hand off axis guided, baader Coma Corrector, no filter. Sky fairly poor, some high cloud and a fair bit of sky glow, and distant lightning. Cropped and downsized.
Scott

[seeker372011]

wow nice to see someone is getting a bit of clear sky

[Itchy]

Nicely done Scott,

Where'd you get the clear sky from? There has been none up here.:sad:

cheers

[RB]

Nice capture there Scott.

What EP did you use to guide with?

[xelasnave]

Good work Scott is hard to get anything the whole country seems to be under a cloud.. and I dont mean the new Work Place legislation. One would be disappointed if you took a trip to a dark site in the out back as the cloud cover seems to be inland as well.
alex

[tornado33]

Thanks all :)
Yes the cloud over Newcastle miracously cleared up,on dusk, unlike Howards crummy IR laws lol. Mind u it wasnt for long, later in the wee hours a roaring southerly came through with low cloud and drizzle.
For the off axis guiding I use a 2.8x barlow and a 12 mm illuminated recticle eyepiece, a hand control with fast and slow buttons connected to the R.A. drive corrector, and manual slow motion for dec corrections.
Scott