...NOT!!!!
Actually, this was merely a test for my new FSQ-106N on my Vixen GPD2 and peripherals. Night started nicely with NIL cloud, but soon the cloud came over and I was seeing EXTENSIVE banks of fluff - I packed up at 11pm after a mere 45 minutes exposure (rejected 1 sub due to it being SO dim from cloud cover as to be worthless). What thrilled me was the GPD2 with Synscan system tracked FLAWLESSLY (in PHD2, ALL the tracking plots were HALF of the 0.25 ring, so I assume that's 1/8th pixel guiding?) - even with the clouds, when PHD2 regained the star field, the box did not even have to move.
Anyway, NGC 246 Skull Neb, with a hand-focused (and NOT changed) FSQ-106N at f/5 with an old SBIG ST-8300C. Grainy and noisier than a halftone newspaper at full res, so you get my post card instead
No darks, bias or flats - this is just whacked into CCDStack then out the back door straight into PS6 for mass manipulation.
Not intending to actually complete this one - it's just a test, and now I am happy enough, time to move back to my 2 year project on M78
Harsh criticism will be ignored due to the completely inadequate data
