View Single Post
  #1  
Old 21-04-2007, 01:54 PM
bloodhound31
Registered User

bloodhound31 is offline
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 4,628
Triffid, CentaurusA and Keyhole.

Making use of the clear nights! I had a go last night with the telescope on the wedge for polar alignment. I got close first then I found a little bit of a cheat. I told the telescope to "go to" Antares. When it had finished and stopped on where it thought it was, Instead of using the drives to center it in the eyepiece, I moved the wedge. This seemed to work as my star trails are now a lot shorter. More practice is required, but these shots are encouraging.

Baz.
Attached Thumbnails
Click for full-size image (CentaurusA.JPG)
102.6 KB22 views
Click for full-size image (Keyhole.JPG)
105.7 KB24 views
Click for full-size image (TriffidNebula.JPG)
82.4 KB20 views
Reply With Quote