Just got a run of four clear nights in Sydney and I made the most of it. I imaged the Tarantula a little and the piece de resistance was the keyhole.
In the end I got 800 min in 5 min subs with a QHY9/lodestar Baader 7nm Ha on a G11 with the CN-212 at prime. FL is 2.6m @ 0.42asp.
It was a bit of a learning curve with the new scope. My mount was as good as it could and guiding sort of behaved and I lost a few subs but not that many. Still very happy with the result considering.
Monday and Tuesday nights were the best seeing. Sunday was alright too, last night was so so but still better than what we've been getting in December.
I have a big one
here [2502x1872 - 1.17MB] and HD
here [1920x1437 - 910KB]
Captured with Nebulosity 2, PHD 1, registered and stacked in CCD Stack and post process, deconv, sharpening in Ivo's excellent StarTools.
In all it was a lot of fun but I can't wait my mount is fixed so I can go to bed.
Enjoy the views.
