[Star Catcher (Ted Dobosz)]

Hi All

I've been having some tracking issues with my G11 mount and following some maintenance with the help of a friend I decided to test it with some longish exposures.

The first image is the nebulae complex including NGC 3576, 3579, 3581, 3582, 3584, 3603, 3856. The image was taken through an RC10 using an STL6303E camera. The image consist of 6 X 60 minute subs through 7nm Ha Filter. On the right you can see why some people call it the statue of liberty nebula.

The second image using the same equipment, is a segment of the Carina nebula. Eta Carinae is just outside of the field on the right hand side of the image. This is a fairly deep image because it consists of a 1 X 150 minute exposure.

Whilst the high cloud and seeing conditions reduced the depth of this exposure, it did not interrupt the guiding and I am now much happier with the tracking performance.

Thanks for looking.

Ted