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Great night (actually early am today) up here on the Lake. I purposely had a nap until 1:30am to allow the wonders of the Milky Way to rise above 50 degrees East. Lagoon, Trifud, Swan and Eagle Nebulae were all waiting. My first chance to get my EAA setup onto them: ED150 DX, + Reducer, ASI294MC (the non-cooled version), Sharpcap 3,2 running on the big screen in the observatory. EAA is just so easy, compared to the old traditional approach. Ran through all the targets, shooting 30 sec subs, Sharpcap aligning and live stacking as we went. Let it run between 8 - 12 minutes for each, depending on brightness, until I was satisfied with the image. Tweaked the histogram here and there and saved them for Astrobin later.
Switched over to the M22 cluster, and finished up on NGC6726, a rather dim reflection nebula, which built up surprisingly fast. All this done within 1,5 hours, at which point condensation started to settle, so closed up the observatory and retired to the house for a cuppa.
Have to dig out the heater straps and controller for next time.
I hope everyone was able to get out and enjoy the very nice conditions.
Last edited by glend; 13-04-2021 at 03:56 AM.
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