Dear all, after having two nights of woeful alignment, last night when it was 6'c and intermittently rainy and blowing 50Kmph gusts (I kid you not) I got nice round stars!! I had a go at NGC 4038, then added some more to my M83 (now over four hours) then I got the dreaded white screen on the QHY 8. Dunno why.
So changed back to my 1000D with a CLS filter for a quick Trifid before the rain and the moon stopped play.
My feet were nice and warm though in my genuine 1980's moon boots!
Cheers
Graz in blustery Tas.
