First Light

[LAW]

Well it's been a while coming but I finally managed to get my imaging setup ready for use! 8" Skywatcher Black Diamond Newt, EQ6 and Canon 550D.

I roughly (too roughly) polar aligned and pointed at M8 to see what I could see, quite a lot it turns out! The results actually surprised me, I'm quite happy with this from a fairly brief trial run with no flats and only 20 sec subs.

M8 Lagoon
http://i735.photobucket.com/albums/ww351/NSWRATS/Lagoon.jpg

My focus still needs work and I can definitely see the benefit of a coma corrector.

Antares (This was my first 'first light' to set the focus and framing).
http://i735.photobucket.com/albums/ww351/NSWRATS/IMG_7406.jpg

Any criticism, tips and advice all welcome :)

[niko]

Terrific first effort, well done

Longer subs, darks and better polar alignment but you are wel on your way

Niko

[RobF]

Great effort Murphy. You'll have a ton of fun with that set up. Lots to learn and master, but plenty of help here, not to mention the constant temptation of toys you'll "have to have" :)

[davewaldo]

Top stuff Murphy! Once you get guiding on the EQ6 you'll be laughing!