This was my first run with the SCT for imaging, prompted by trying to get more detail from smaller objects.
I only had a 2 hour cloud free window but managed to extract maximum fun for the time spent
Each of the images are about 10x3 minutes of exposures (excepting the Blue Planetary – it’s a single 3 min exposure). I’m happy with how they turned out and I’ll be able to do better once I’m more familiar with the quirks of the scope.
I took the 30 minute Gabriela Mistral nebula while waiting for the galaxies to rise above our trees. It’s interesting to compare to the refractor view and with a 2 hour image I think it would show significantly more detail than the refractor.
The Blue Planetary is so small that I’d need a Hubble to show any detail.
I'm looking forward to adding more time to each of the images.
M83, NGC 5128, M104, NGC 3918, NGC 3324