Been very quiet for me on the astro side of things. Mostly work and weather but I've also been unlucky enough to have gear trouble, my old Gemini 1 packing it amongst other things.
Got under the stars last night, first time since BSG. Weather in Sydney has been pretty sh||y lately like everywhere else I guess. It was forecast to be clear all night Friday but ended up clouding over around 2:00am. I've managed those few subs testing my new laptop/software and drivers. Love the Mount Hub Pro from Hitecastro. This thing rocks and has cut down heaps on the big bag of noodles that usually hangs off my rig. I also trialed a very cool software called align master. I'm sold. Just what a lazy polar aligner like me needed. I got within 1' of the SCP both axis from scratch picking Canopus and Achenar whithin 5min. From scratch. Everything was very steady and PHD was just there for show I reckon.
So I did a couple of 20min exp in Ha without breaking a sweat. Would have liked more but weather didn't play nice. All shot with QHY9, Baader Ha 7nm and 200mm lens.
The LMC and M42 were shot using the native drivers in Nebulosity. The HH and M42 were shot using the ASCOM driver in MAXIM DL.
The LMC is 4x20min. Orion fields are 3x10min each. Orion was pretty high. The LMC very low on the horizon.
If the weather improves I'd like to do a mosaic of the orion constellation.
