G'day all,
Last night was one of those rare times when I focussed my LX200 on one object for the whole night! NGC 3223 was the lucky candidate. I'd spotted it in the results from my NGC imaging not long ago as a nice target for my setup.
The image:
http://www.rogergroom.com/items/ngc3223
Tried to upload the image to IIS but something going wrong with my mobile connection
165 minutes total.
I would have several more hours data except at 00:45 guide star acquisition failed and then at some point in the night the LX200 had some kind of failure resulting in the observatory semlling like burning electronics.
.. but, switching off/on it now seems to work fine again.
I'm quite happy with the result, but would like to sharpen up the spiral arms more. I feel there's more detail in them than I have brought out. But haven't found the right combination of sharpenning filters etc.
Roger.