[Mickoid (Michael)]

Last night of our holiday the weather cleared. Stuck the scope out in the backyard of our apartment and shot Carina nebula again. M8 and M20 were low on the horizon but managed to capture some detail and just near Carina nebula is NGC 3532, so I had a go at that as well.
CA is evident being a fast achromat but I am relatively pleased with the results for a compact, take anywhere, easy to set up rig.
All shots were taken with the Canon Modded 550d at the prime focus of the Saxon 102 f5 achromatic refractor on an EQ3 mount with RA motor. Polar alignment wasn't great so I kept my subs short.
Each shot had 10 x 15 secs plus 3 darks @ 3200 iso