Hello IIS dudes
It's been a while...but I'm back
I was testing out the SXV-H9 as an autoguider last night to confirm
that I will be able to use it to guide the FLI PL11002 when it arrives and it worked a
dream! Afterwards I decided to take an image from light poluted Canberra
(from behind the Aust War Memorial!) to see how easy it was to get a
reasonable image - first one from new Mt Campbell Observatory! :-).
This was 60min worth of Luminance with the 6" Starfire and I used last years 80ED image
for the RGB.
480K image:
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/66740531/original
25K image:
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/66740531/large
The seeing was below average and I had a few minor problems with the autoguiding as a result. I have found the tiny pixels of the SXV-H9 coupled with the fine optics of the AP152EDF means autoguiding must be peeeerfect or trails are noticable in the smallest stars after sharpening.
After 2 years under dark skies the milkier skies in a city are not atractive
Anyway nice to be back in the land of the imagers again and if anyone is interested here is the strategic plan for Mt Campbell Observatory Mark II
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/new_observatory
Cheers
Mike
Mike