Hello all,
I tried my hand at imaging M8 last night.
The whole affair was a struggle - getting the new HEQ5 aligned (via the 3-star setup on the hand controller) took forever. Even after multiple attempts (and parking the scope in between each attempt) I had an error that was measured in arc-minutes.
Given the moon was due to rise, I slewed to M8 and fired off a long sequence of frames.
Reviewing them, the tracking was way off and I could see that the stars walked halfway across the camera sensor over a 45 minute period. (More learning on setup and alignment required!)
They stacked OK with Sequator (Siril stacked them well but totally over-exposed the stars - although that's probable me not knowing what I was doing when doing the stretching. More learning required!)
So here you go - my first attempt at M8.
Comments, feedback, etc gratefully received.
Cheers,
V
Martin - I have d/loaded your alignment guides from a different thread and will go over them (again) before dragging the mount out next time.