Tonight was a big test of a lot of new bits and bobs before I head to dark skies tomorrow night... I wasn't actually aiming to get anything special, as a matter of fact, I didn't even drift align the mount.. just a rough as guts setup using a compass..
All I really wanted to do was test out the Orion StarShoot Pro, and the QHY5 to see how they go, get an idea of where they focus in the scopes etc.. and take a few subs just to get guiding tweaked in order to make life easier tomorrow night..
Well, everything worked MUCH better than expected. there was no computer problems, no hardware problems, nothing of the sort.. it all just worked tonight..
Here is M8... (Ugh... again...)
15x300sec subs.
5x darks
10x bias
10x flats
Imaging scope : WO Megrez 90 FD
Imaging camera : Orion SS Pro
Guiding : WO Zenithstar 70ED
Guide cam : QHY5
(Ps. I need a field flattener or an MPCC badly!!
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Cheers for looking..
Alex.