First light under Dark skies

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Hi folks,

I managed to get out under dark skies under a new moon at a mate's property at Kilmore in country Victoria on the weekend.

After a few issues with persistant clouds and the new dew heater sucking the life out of my battery, and 'scope balance affecting drift alignment in PHd in dec (d'oh), I was able to finally get a series of 10x5min subs & darks of M20 on the SBIG 8300c.

I really wanted 10 min subs but as it was 4.30am by the time I was done, I needed some sleep!

It was nice to get a hitout from somewhere without the suburban light pollution of Melbourne, gee it was cold though!

Your feedback is welcome as always : )

Cheers

Andy

[scagman (John)]

NIce result Andy, the colours look good.

Dark skys make a big differance dont they.

Cheers

[Jon (Jonathan)]

Very nice capture Andrew

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Very nice, Andrew

[carlstronomy (Carl)]

Andrew, nice colours and detail, really good image.

Carl

[rcheshire (Rowland)]

Very nice Andrew. Very good image.

[The_bluester (Paul)]

Yeah, ice on this is not unusual for us AC. Worst night I can recall was going out to a car covered in ice at 10 PM.

Great that after the trials and tribs you managed to snag some good data and produce a really nice image.

[dolbs (John)]

Very nice image. How do you like your SBIG 8300c?

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Thanks for your positive feedback everyone

@Dolbs - So far very happy with the SBIG 8300c - it's easy to use, well made and finished, gives very clean results

Cheers
Andy

[MGTechDVP (Mariusz)]

Great image, deep colours and awesome detail.