Finally, a clear morning!
I setup yesterday evening in clouds, hoping that the morning would be clear.. I woke up a few times overnight and looked outside, it was a mix of stars and clouds but didn't look promising and clouds were coming in from the east.
But when the alarm went off at 4am, I looked outside, crystal clear!
So i'm finally getting to use my new scope again! It's only the second time.
My alignment is much better today - I haven't drift aligned at all, but my compass didn't let me down, my inclonometer didn't let me down, and I've got Jupiter on the CCD with the 5x powermate, hardly drifting much at all over a 3 minute period.
The seeing seems reasonable (hard to tell until I process), and the image scale is huge!
I've got about another hour of this (or more) before sunrise ruins it.. Jupiter will be nice and high by then. It's already over 45deg.
I'm happy.. I'm
sitting down while imaging! First time ever! I only need to stand up to change filter wheel, then sit again. I've got the motorised focuser hand controller and the skyscan handcontroller velcro'd onto the table next to me.
This is how imaging should be
My main concern is how much dust there is on my CCD! It's going to get a clean tonight!
As an added treat, i've got the beautiful crescent moon with magnificent earthshine to look at while the avi is recording. What a morning!
Results later, hopefully
Finally!
