Hi all, i forced myself out early this morning down to my dark site west of Melbourne.
It was hit and miss with light drizzle on the way up and fog blanketing the sky
When i arrived at my possie, it was clear to the south, but not so good to the west, i raced around like a mad chook trying to beat the clouds.
I had planned to polar align the eq5 as good as i could without a polar scope, and thought of drift aligning with the ED80.
I decided to at least get something on the cmos before it all turned to muck, so i ditched the polar and drift align, and just plonked the mount roughly towards the scp, made it level, and hoped for the best.
It ended being close enough to get half decent images, and i am stoked with them
I have a few more to process later today, here's a couple of quick pics processed with ps cs2
LMC: 28-105mm @ 105mm, 102 seconds f/4.5 ISO 1250
Orion+Horsy: 70-300mm @ 300mm, 60 seconds f/5.6 ISO 3200
SMC+47Tuc: 70-300mm @ 300mm, 60 seconds f/5.6 ISO 3200.
Comments welcome.