Well... First light for a new toy.. Always exciting... The ST-10 performed exactly as expected and seems to be a very nice match for the 8" RC.. Although a nicer night might be a better time to judge that!
Unfortunately heavy dew seemed to diminish the quality of these images.. the secondary was fogging up in a matter of minutes.. I was having to hit it with a hair drier every 5th sub to try to stave it off... I am in the process of designing a secondary dew heater for the RC and a dew sheild as well.. Hopefully I'll have both countermeasures operational soon,
The affect of the foggy secondary is clearly visible in the image from tonight.. bit of a downer, but I think the shots still show an element of potential from my current rig...
As always, longer subs would be the go.. but i'm currently imaging unguided until I organise a few more toys!!
I'll upload them as I process them...
First up,
M16.
60 x 1min subs Bin 1x1 with 13nm Ha filter... 15x darks & Bias frames.