[Fox]

Dear all IIS's

Here is my very first astrophoto I have ever taken (not counting my goofing around with an iPhone at the eyepiece).

Date 29/9/2020
Scope NP127is
Camera ASI224MC
Mount LXD75
2.5x Powermate, therefore at f/13.2
About 4,000 frames stacked with Autostakker 3, tweeked with RegiStax 6.

I am really stoked, albeit I know it’s pretty crappy compared to what you experts come up with much bigger scopes. I know I can do much better, it’s was pretty windy on Saturday night, PLUS I was using my crappy Meade LXD75 Mount (for familiarity), not my new SW AZEQ-6 because I am having real difficulty to polar align that mount yet (waiting for my iPolar to arrive).

The biggest headache I am finding is trying to locate the planet on the frakking sensor chip as I change from eyepiece to Powermate + Camera. I tried my Powermate 5x but it’s finding the planet after the swap that is the problem. Now, much of this issue is probably because I am not (yet) using my far superior AZEQ-6, ie. the old LXD75 has terrible slop in the worms and gears, no wonder it loses the plot - literally ! Can’t wait until I start using my AZEQ-6 now.

Fox