Only managed 3 x 200 sec frames of Barnard 33 tonight before the cloud rolled on in. All the stacking programs rejected the frame calibration - probably due to the blooming - so I took just ONE of the 200 sec frames and did a simple stretch (I knew what to expect, as MaxIM was doing the autostretch as they downloaded).
So, this is just ONE 200 sec frame,with no bias or flats (auto-dark from MaxIM), binned 2x2. Taken with the old SBIG ST-8XE through the Vixen DED108SS astrograph (manually focused - still awaiting the Sharpsky I ordered last week). Vixen GPD2 mount, Synscan GOTO kit. Cooling was only at -14.8°C.
I have cosmetically removed the 2 bloom "runs". Got to find how short a sub I can go and not get blooming blooming
Drooling at the thought of what a couple dozen more frames will add! And then when the moon goes, LRGB.
I am LOVING my new found NB toy
Cruddy severly converted png-jpeg below (why this BBS so radically alters PNG's?) and good definition astrobin upload:
http://www.astrobin.com/full/61271/?mod=none