I've been a visual astronomer for more than 30 years, but age and light pollution are starting to catch up with me so I recently turned to EAA to help me stay in the hobby that I love. I don't really have the time (or skills) to produce the amazing images that others here show, so I try to squeeze what I can into relatively short sessions of 2-3 hours including viewing a number of objects EAA-style in any one sitting.
We've all seen NGC 3372 before - sorry to do this to you all. It's taken a bit of courage to show anything here as the work I see from others is just stunning. I thought Id show what's possible with relatively short / few exposures for anyone losing interest in astronomy. EAA has lit a fire in my belly and I'm back big time. I've seen more using my current rig than averted vision has ever allowed under suburban skies.
This one was taken with a Sharpstar 94EDPH triplet with reducer / field flattener, AZ-EQ5 guided (perhaps not well but I'm working on that) , ASI533MC-PRO (gain 101, cooled to 0C and no calibration frames) and Sharpcap Pro. I just used an IR filter in the hopes of preserving colour. Being colour blind I'm not sure how well I went at that
but I think it's possibly ok. It's only 12 x 40 second frames - just EAA astronomy and not further processed, but I'm loving how much more I can see in nearly real time with my gear. I should have done this a lot sooner.