Moonage

[jjjnettie]

First light for the RC8.
Nothing flash, but just had to post it.:)

Canon 20d
iOptron Mini Tower
1/180th sec exposure @ iso100
10 subs stacked in Registax 5
Processed in cs3

[sheeny]

:thumbsup:

Al.

[batema]

Very nice JJJ. Nice scope, you must be thrilled.

Mark

[iceman]

It looks you have some registration errors there Jeanette. What's a single frame look like?

[Omaroo]

Agreed Nettie - show us a single frame! :thumbsup:

[jjjnettie]

As requested. One single frame. LOL focus is a bit iffy isn't it.

[iceman]

I'm not sure if it's focus or camera shift/mirror shift/wobble.

1/180th sec should be fast enough to get rid of the wobble but anyway. It's a promising start!

[jjjnettie]

It would be a combo of focus and wobble. I did have the scope mounted on the TOT. Not the most stable of mounts for a scope of this size.

I'm looking forward to giving the scope a proper work out in a couple of months.

[Matt Wastell]

Great to see your first light images!

[RobF]

Wow - can't wait to see what you come up with now this beast has joined your arsenal JJJ!

[Waxing_Gibbous]

Despite the wobbles, a great start!
You're correct though. An AltAz really isn't a good AP mount.
I'll trump Mike's King and say 1/250-1/500th (no filters).

Good "Scope"
Peter