My image is not worthy of its own thread so I am just going to tack it onto the end of your thread, Dennis.
After our conversation last month in the Software sub-forum, you got me thinking about quasars and I wondered if I would be able to capture one. So last month I had a crack at it, but I only managed a measly 20 x 60 sec exposures. You could just about make out a little something if you squinted and held your head at just the right angle. If you hadn't provided an image showing where to look, I would have just written it off as colour noise.
Anyway, I made some guiding improvements the other week and I decided to have another go with some longer exposures at the next new moon period.
Here is the result:
Total time: 80 mins (12 x 300 secs combined with the original 20 x 60 secs).
Taken with an ASI 2600MC on a 10" Skywatcher F4 Quattro Newt.
Thanks for doing all the hard work, Dennis; the research and the convenient finder chart. You made my life so much easier.
