[PaulSthcoast (Paul)]

Hi everyone,

well after a few very long months of extreme conditions here on the South Coast NSW, we had two clear nights this week.

Saturday night was a great night, and though it started badly, it eventually cleared and was one of the best nights in the last 6 months ?

In fact was one of the ONLY clear nights in that time.

That aside, I did some visual and enjoyed being out, albeit in my front yard.

Last night looked sketchy, but it cleared late evening.

I had been messing about with some gear and thought it may be an opportunity to get the DSLR/Star-tracker/Asiair out for some trials.

It wasn't meant to be anything serious but just an opportunity to try things out.

I unceremoniously placed the tripod off my front deck and started up the DSLR, didn't even consider Polar Alignment or even focus for that matter,
just pointed it up to the heavens and wound the focus to near infinity, everything kind of towards South.

Anyways, after a few test shots and watching the Asiair from my mobile (inside away from the veracious mosquitos),
I realised I had somehow lucked in Polar Alignment, so I switched on the tracker on and went for it !

I started small and finished big !

Starting at 5 seconds at 800 iso, I experimented to a 1000 second single image.

Canon 500D, 18mm F2.8, (thanks Glend), 1600 iso, 1000 seconds, just because well.....why not ?

Imaged from my front door, yes,....they are power lines and my roof gutter.

Comments and such welcomed.

Paul.