NGC2239 - 80ED first light

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

Finally some good weather an a chance to try out my Meade 80ED sporting a new moonlite focuser. This is 6x10min Ha subs using the QSI (no flats yet).

Pretty happy with the flattener also.

[RickS (Rick)]

Looks good, Peter!

[allan gould]

Nice

[Rastas]

Very nice. You must be happy with that

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

Thanks Rick, Allan and Rastas.

[Tandum (Robin)]

Great field of view Pete. You'll have fun with that.

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Very nice, Peter

[ozstronomer (Geoff)]

The specs in CCD Inspector look great, first image looks spot on

[Ross G]

Great looking photo Peter.

Good luck.

Ross.

[stevous67 (Steve M)]

That's a pretty good result Peter, plenty of detail, and great star shapes right out. Have fun with it.

Steve

[troypiggo (Troy)]

Oh yeah, mate. Lovely. Get some flats and colour in that quick!

[gregbradley]

What a great image. And look at those lovely round stars! So tight. It still gives me a thrill today to get round stars in an image. I know how hard it is to achieve that.

Greg.

[telecasterguru (Frank)]

A very nice image indeed.

[dvj (John)]

Wow, nice! Better star images than I got with the RH200 4th time out.

[David Fitz-Henr]

Peter, is that the best you can do for a first light image? Stars round across the field, oodles of detail, low noise, etc ... heh, heh - well done mate!

[multiweb (Marc)]

Test shot. Gotta try harder Peter. Superb work.

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

Originally Posted by Tandum

Great field of view Pete. You'll have fun with that.

Thanks Robin, really enjoying it now. That new focuser has made a huge difference.

Originally Posted by Larryp

Very nice, Peter

Cheers Larry

Originally Posted by ozstronomer

The specs in CCD Inspector look great, first image looks spot on

The Orion flattener seems to be doing the job at the default (55mm) spacing.

Originally Posted by Ross G

Great looking photo Peter.

Good luck.

Ross.

Thanks Ross

Originally Posted by stevous67

That's a pretty good result Peter, plenty of detail, and great star shapes right out. Have fun with it.

Steve

Pretty happy with the stars. I was getting pacman shaped stars with the original focuser however this seems to have cleared up now.

Originally Posted by troypiggo

Oh yeah, mate. Lovely. Get some flats and colour in that quick!

Thanks Troy. Got flats done last night for all filters.

Originally Posted by gregbradley

What a great image. And look at those lovely round stars! So tight. It still gives me a thrill today to get round stars in an image. I know how hard it is to achieve that.

Greg.

Cheers Greg - really happy with how it has worked out. So much easier to guide than the 10" newt.

Originally Posted by telecasterguru

A very nice image indeed.

Thanks Frank

Originally Posted by dvj

Wow, nice! Better star images than I got with the RH200 4th time out.

Cheers John - it has been a few years in the making!

Originally Posted by David Fitz-Henr

Peter, is that the best you can do for a first light image? Stars round across the field, oodles of detail, low noise, etc ... heh, heh - well done mate!

Thanks David - I've been able to run 10min subs with this setup so much easier to get some clean data.

Originally Posted by multiweb

Test shot. Gotta try harder Peter. Superb work.

Thanks Marc - finally some clear nights.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

What a great image.

Agreed

It still gives me a thrill today to get round stars in an image. I know how hard it is to achieve that.

Greg.

Agreed X 2 I love watching the guide star centroid plot in Astroart...mesmerising

Mike

[RobF (Rob)]

The big newt will have turned you into a guiding perfectionist, so not surprised the 80mm seems forgiving Peter. Wonderful Rosette too BTW!

[whzzz28 (Nathan)]

Looks great! Much better than my Meade 5000 ED80.

May i ask if this was with a reducer or straight out f6?
If with a reducer/FF, what did you use?

Cheers.