Bushfire smoke and Imaging don’t mix

[wayne anderson (Wayne)]

I noticed the sky was very dusty and smokey while I set up to image so I started with NGC253 the seeing was terrible I gave up after only 15 shots I could not see through the smoke so I tried the Tarantula and after only 20 shots the smoke moved in and only the brightest stars were able to be viewed, and the smoke was starting to make me cough, so I gave up and packed up. Processed the images and got these results, maybe I should of pressed on regardless of smoke, anyway there is always next time. Oh if only the sky around here was clear at night and not full of smoke.

Tarantula
20 x 25 sec subs at Iso 1600
No darks, flats or bias
12” LX200 (Alt/Az setup no guiding) Sony Nex-3 Camera

NGC253
15 x 25 sec subs at Iso 1600
No darks, flats or bias
12” LX200 (Alt/Az setup no guiding) Sony Nex-3 Camera

[ourkind (Carlos)]

They look great regardless Wayne nice detail on both though if you are coffing then that IS a sign pack up and go home hopefully far away from the fire!

[cjamo9 (Clinton)]

yeah, smoke or not they both look fantstic to me as well. i love the detail in them both. top shots, keep em comin.
Thanks,
Clint.

[Larryp (Laurie)]

They are good images regardless of the smoke!

[wayne anderson (Wayne)]

Thanks Carlos, Clinton and Laurie, I am keeping the data from that night and hoping to add to it another night and see what happens.