Mucking around with M20

dcalleja · #1 26-10-2008, 02:32 PM

Hi all
Heres a test image from last night of M20. Lots of problems with polar alignment so guiding was all over the place. Green cast in the raw subs. All very frustrating. The full scale image is on the website http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/calleja/

What was interesting was seeing both M20 and M8 in the same field while I was framing up

Orion Starshoot Pro with 2" Astronomik CLS filter
Orion ED80
Autoguided on LX200
9x400sec raw
Processed in CCDStack and PS3

Jen · #2 26-10-2008, 02:47 PM

nice pick for just mucking around lol

dcalleja · #3 26-10-2008, 02:55 PM

Thanks Jen
I say mucking around because I could not get my polar alignment right and my gotos were totally off the planet (pun intended). My Autostar ended up telling me 18> which I think means I must have been pointing at Polaris!!

So I just let the scope have a run on M20 to see what came out

Jen · #4 26-10-2008, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by dcalleja

Thanks Jen
I say mucking around because I could not get my polar alignment right and my gotos were totally off the planet (pun intended). My Autostar ended up telling me 18> which I think means I must have been pointing at Polaris!!

So I just let the scope have a run on M20 to see what came out

well nice work cheers