NGC 5139 Omega Centauri last night
Finished darks for M42 just after midnight and then decided to capture NGC 5139 Omega Centauri the largest globular cluster in our southern skies.
An 80% waning moon was already up at around 40 degrees which lit the whole backyard up like daylight , so I rigged up a small tarp to minimise moon glare into the end of the OTA
The new EQ6-R mount performed so well
Finished imaging and packed up around 3.00am
6” f6 GSO Bintel newt
EQ6-R Mount ( new)
JMI auto focuser
Canon 600D stock no filters
Home made DSLR cooling fan
Baader coma corrector
60mm Orion guide scope
ZWOASI120MM S guide camera
ISO 800
65 x 60 sec dithered guided subs
25 x darks
Goto and tracking EQMOD, StellariumScope and Stellarium
PHD2 guiding ( 0.85 to 1.00 arc sec error )
BYEOS for frame , focus and capture
Stacked in DSS
Processed in Startools
Thanks for looking , comments welcome
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