Hi everyone,
I finally got my Scotch mount to a workable state. I am still trying to source a ball mount for the camera, so for this shot the camera was mounted flat onto the top board.
I was quite pleased with the results given that I only roughly aligned it with the SCP. My camera only has a maximum exposure of 64 seconds anyway so I won't be doing any loooong exposure shots.
This pic is 6 x 64 sec images stacked in Registax @ ISO200. I couldn't get a dark frame because the batteries went flat in the camera
Can anyone help me identify the stars/constellations in this pic. I fired up Cartes du Ciel afterwards and spent ages trying to pick out exactly what I had in the frame.
The view is SSE at ~11pm last night from Brisbane. The Southern Cross was off the top right of the frame and was almost at its highest point. I thought I might be able to find the 'Squashed X' group of stars just below and to the left of the centre of the frame using Cartes du Ciel, but I couldn't work out what it was.
cheers,
Andrew