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Paul, I still have the 12". It is not in use at present because at the moment it is too difficult to manage ...I'm waiting on a total knee replacement and in the meantime putting up with some rather severe osteo-arthritis. So much for the sob story; I did have it mounted inside my dome, on its tripod and wedge. Polar aligned also without being able to see the SCP, that is why I'm reasonably confident the Nexstar will align ok by my method as well.
I did not mean the 'Giant easyguider', there are others that are about $300, they are an off axis guider with the ability to move the guide camera around a bit to enable finding a decent guide star.
I don't use filters, and my 350D is un-modded. I did/do have some 1 1/4 filtewrs that I could use with the Meade DSI, but I have given up trying to image with that thing, and the filters are somewhat undersize for use with the 350D.
I think you had an upload problem with those images.
Light polution can be a problem Paul, the challenge is to overcome it. attached image is a stack of 12 frames each one 15 mins or for a total of 3 hours. It was as I said a waist of time, but it served a purpose. The image has been streched and shows some of the nebulosity of the reagion, but mostly washed out by light polution.
well I'm off to brave the cold and see if I can snap a galixy of stars.
cheers,
Doug
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