Here ya go - my first image in over a year, using new scope (Esprit 80ED at f/5). Canon 5D Mk II (not modded). Vixen Sphinx mount, unguided. Manually focused with a Bahtinov using Live View to actually see the pattern. Image is straight out of stacking with NIL post-processing a whole bunch of 10 sec subs (Sum integration) for a grand total of...wait for it...
18 minutes of total exposure
Glad you like it lol.
Now, I have to say this preliminary scope test using a DSLR and not guided delights me - the colour seems good, the contrast good, the sharpness good.
Yes, my CLP filter is on it's way - give me a break, I live 500 meters from Canberra Airport so my sky is...
rather....polluted
I am not going NB again...no...no....maybe...
So, as the song says, Things...can only get better...
EDIT: scared the possums away, and stretched it JUST A TOUCH and balanced out the red skyglow (LOW res, and haven't paid for my Astrobin yet
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