M4

[SimmoW (SIMON)]

Was so pleased to see some clear skies on Thursday night!

Managed to find my first decent messier object, via the ipad, then key it into the Goto and capture, before the clouds set in.

only 18 pics at 30 secs.

I discovered the T mount adapter for my Tak was faulty, it had slowly loosened within its inner ring, so the focus was pretty dodgy across the field. Fixed for the future, but rather peeved. Sheesh, I was lucky the SLR didn't just drop straight off the scope!

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Very lucky indeed. A lot of Messier objects are faint but not extremely so. M4 is fairly easy to find, it's just above Antares.

[noeyedeer (Matt)]

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

Very lucky indeed. A lot of Messier objects are faint but not extremely so. M4 is fairly easy to find, it's just above Antares.

theyre all observable with binos depending on your skies, so not that hard at all.

nice pic with all things considering

matt