Complete coincidence, scouts word
Another scope about to get into operation, unlike Louie's "quick and easy" go in with a wad of cash, walk out with goodies, assemble together using IKEA tools and shoot, mine being homemade never really is finished
But, after many nights of testing and fiddling around, it is finished enough for a proper test shot. What else than a faint nebula in Carina, which is now well placed and it can be imaged with necessary narrowband filters from my deep orange zone in Melbourne.
12" f/4 homemade Newtonian (with a tiny 80mm secondary), ZWO ASI 1600MM camera, Losmandy Titan. 45min total exposure.
Selected areas at 100%. Seeing was decent (around 1.8-2 arc seconds), helped with active mirror cooling. Can't wait for a night of good seeing!