[Sebbie (Sebastian)]

Hello everyone,

Having recently purchased 12'' Meade LX200 I finally had a chance to take it out for a first light imaging session with Orion SSSSI IV last weekend. Conditions were less then ideal with occassional wind gusts and less then average seeing (typical spring time weather in Canberra..). I was using Antares f6.3 reducer for lower power moon shots, did not use barlow on Jupiter due to planet's low elevation. Here are final results and yes I am still coming up to speed with Registax and Photoshop processing. I'd appreciate everyone's comments and suggestions on how I can improve my future attempts. One thing I have noticed is high noise levels on this camera, they were quite noticable on high power Moon shots. Also I could not get it to register presence of Uranus or Neptune in the field of view, even with 3x Barlow..

Thanks,
Sebastian