M83 and Centaurus A

[Astrobserver99 (Rob)]

A short run of M83 and Centaurus A from last night in Wantirna...

SWED80 f/7.5
QHY8
10x5min subs

Could do with more subs...maybe next time.

The new moonlite focuser works a treat.

Medium Resolution Versions...

http://www.geologynet.com/astronomy/...filtered50.jpg

http://www.geologynet.com/astronomy/...filtered50.jpg

[renormalised (Carl)]

Very wide FoV's!!!!....nice shots, though. Puts each object in its surrounding context

[spearo (Frank)]

Rob
nice work,
focus looks spot on as is tracking.

Both images seem to have a large gradient in the centre/top two thirds.

Did you use flats?

frank

[Astrobserver99 (Rob)]

Originally Posted by renormalised

Very wide FoV's!!!!....nice shots, though. Puts each object in its surrounding context

Thank you Carl...the LX200r is almost ready to roll...just waiting on the ADM dovetail.

Originally Posted by spearo

Rob
nice work,
focus looks spot on as is tracking.

Both images seem to have a large gradient in the centre/top two thirds.

Did you use flats?

frank

I did use flats, taken with a light box...obviously something went wrong...i need to work on this some more.