[wayne anderson (Wayne)]

I noticed the sky was very dusty and smokey while I set up to image so I started with NGC253 the seeing was terrible I gave up after only 15 shots I could not see through the smoke so I tried the Tarantula and after only 20 shots the smoke moved in and only the brightest stars were able to be viewed, and the smoke was starting to make me cough, so I gave up and packed up. Processed the images and got these results, maybe I should of pressed on regardless of smoke, anyway there is always next time. Oh if only the sky around here was clear at night and not full of smoke.

Tarantula
20 x 25 sec subs at Iso 1600
No darks, flats or bias
12” LX200 (Alt/Az setup no guiding) Sony Nex-3 Camera

NGC253
15 x 25 sec subs at Iso 1600
No darks, flats or bias
12” LX200 (Alt/Az setup no guiding) Sony Nex-3 Camera