With a break in the weather I got the gear together late and set it up for some imaging.
Scope - My new TS 80mm APO Triplet
Camera - Unmodified Canon 450D
Mount - HEQ5Pro unguided (having a few teething problems)
Total 40 Lights 15 seconds each @ 800 ISO and 40 Dark and 20 library Offset Bias's
After all the imaging I forgot to put on the counter-weights so the scope I believe was a bit out of balance and may have been the affect on tracking. I could only get reasonably stable at 15 seconds this time round. I do believe Jewel Box might be too small a target for the 80mm but was concerned about light pollution and tracking to pursue darker subject matter. Other bright targets though are behind a house (don't have a lot of room out back)
Any other assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Full image (14MB) -
http://www.waelect.com.au/mswhin63/D..._Jewel_Box.png
Cropped Jewels (7MB) -
http://www.waelect.com.au/mswhin63/D...l_Box_Crop.png