A whole 9 minutes on the Tarantula

Paulyman (Paul) · #1 24-12-2018, 04:49 PM

I was out playing with guiding again last night and was taking shots of a cluster near the zenith, worked not too bad with guiding between 1.5 and 1.8 arc seconds RMS. Once done I swung around to the Tarantula and was amazed I was getting an RMS if less than 1! Setup for an hour of 3 minute subs at iso400 and came back inside watching via TeamViewer. Unfortunately things went haywire after just 3 subs and the laptop was nearly out of juice. I assume I snagged a cable or similar. But for just 9 minutes I’m amazed, can’t wait for new moon so I can put some serious time into this one!

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blink138 (Pat) · #2 24-12-2018, 05:19 PM

great field of view there fella!
pat

Paulyman (Paul) · #3 24-12-2018, 10:41 PM

Thanks Pat.

ChrisV (Chris) · #4 24-12-2018, 11:35 PM

It's looking good already

Paulyman (Paul) · #5 25-12-2018, 08:05 AM

Thanks Chris. Managed another 10 subs last night before my battery died, I’m up in the Blue Mountains over Christmas at the Parents place. But I forgot my spare battery and charger for the 550D! Dad has a 200D so I might try and use I t tonight and see how it compares.