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Old 07-04-2019, 07:11 PM
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Don't test new kit at a dark site on a new moon!

First time out at Leyburn. Fantastic night, with clear skies and even colder weather (lowest was 3 degrees according my car but might not be accurate). Shot all the way through until sun rise when M83 set. Had a great chat with the fellas there. My dog made some new friends. Overall, very enjoyable. Would recommend

For some reason, I thought it'd be a good idea to try imaging with the C8 using a new reducer and new off axis guiding. So after about 2 hours of fiddling with the OAG and the spacing of the camera, I gave up and just started shooting, not wanting to lose any more of the night. What I have here are two VERY out of focus (I forgot my bahtinov mask!), coma ridden (spacing was all wrong!), out of collimation (haven't collimated in about 6 months!) and HEAVILY cropped (the OAG prism was interfering with a good chunk of the image).

M83
100x 2 min

Centaurus A
100x 2 min

C8 Evolution + f/6.3ish reducer
ASI1600MC Pro + ZWO OAG w/ ASI290MC

Not worth posting the astrobin link it looks better in low res.
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