[barx1963 (Malcolm)]

Hi all
I have made the jump into a mono CCD camera. It arrived yesterday and so tonight was the first attempt to use it. Anyway between dodging drifting cloud, a couple of thunderstorms and unfamiliarity with the gear, I only managed one small set of useable data.

So here is the grand total of 9 minutes (3 x 3mins) of luminence data on NGC3372 (aka Eta Carina Nebula)

Details are:
Scope: SW ED80
Mount: Orion Atlas AZ/EQ G
Camera: Atik One 6.0 running at -10C
Guiding: Orion SS Pro on an Orion ST80 with PHD
Captured with Atik Artemis software and processed in DSS and PS CC2015. No Darks Flats or biases applied (haven't had time to collect, only had the camera 24hrs!!)

I hoped to get some colour data but just ran out of time!! I am fairly happy with the result, stars look OK and it seems fairly noise free.

Anyway, hope to get some more data soon.

Malcolm