[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Unintended is good. I remember my very first attempt at an astrophoto. I was up at King's Tableland in the Blue Mountains, in a little forest clearing. No software pointing model, just the finderscope. I was TRYING to photograph the Trifid, because at least I'd heard of it. The thing was in the zenith, and I couldn't see anything in the finder. I lay down on the gravel, saying "Come on Mike, you can DO this". I pointed the whole scope at what I could just see with the naked eye as a fuzzy patch. Took the photo. It was the Lagoon. My First Red Smudge.