First Light Esprit ED80

[Retrograde (Pete)]

I purchased an Esprit 80 from the IIS classifieds last year as a new wide-field imaging scope to replace the AT65EDQ. Of course the weather has been pretty terrible ever since & that combined with some other commitments means I haven't had the chance to get it fully dialed-in. Back-focus is kind-of new to me and I have some sensor tilt that needs solving - all of which is way more obvious at f5.

I tried the Hocus Focus aberration inspector (after getting mixed results with Astap) and it died with an exception error forcing NINA to close down.

Anyway here is my first image from Bortle 7/8 with a very small amount of data. Some broadband with an Optolong L-Pro, boosted with a bit of narrowband from an Antlia dual-band filter.
I don't think there's anyone who doesn't already know what this object is.

Larger version here at Astrobin

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Nice, looks like a successful preliminary to me

Oh and I checked SIMBAD, TheSky and the UK Schmidt southern survey plate collection aaaand after some to and fro searching, I think it is NGC 3372 but I'm not 100% sure

Mike

[Retrograde (Pete)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Nice, looks like a successful preliminary to me
Mike

Thanks Mike - I already got some small spacers to adjust for the additional backfocus due to the filters, so I think I'm pretty close with backfocus. If only I could get HF aberration inspector to work.

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Oh and I checked SIMBAD, TheSky and the UK Schmidt southern survey plate collection aaaand after some to and fro searching, I think it is NGC 3372 but I'm not 100% sure
Mike

Nothing gets past you Mike!

[Dave882 (David)]

Gotta be happy with that! That’s a very tidy first light. Colour is great for shooting in b8. Great stuff!

[Retrograde (Pete)]

Originally Posted by Dave882

Gotta be happy with that! That’s a very tidy first light. Colour is great for shooting in b8. Great stuff!

Cheers Dave, much appreciated.

[RobF (Rob)]

Nice shot - exciting times

[Peter Ward]

Nicely framed.
Great colour.
Excellent handling of shadows and highlights
Very tidy

[Retrograde (Pete)]

Originally Posted by RobF

Nice shot - exciting times

Thanks Rob! Yep - new optics are always exciting.

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Nicely framed.
Great colour.
Excellent handling of shadows and highlights
Very tidy

Thanks Peter. Appreciate your kind comment.

[Adriano]

Very nice image of the Carina Nebula!

[Retrograde (Pete)]

Originally Posted by Adriano

Very nice image of the Carina Nebula!

Thanks Adriano!