While I was waiting - New Antares at 200mm

[RB (Andrew)]

Last night was superb. I woke up at 11.30pm anticipating the beautiful show of
Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 so I go out and setup in the freezing cold.
Well I don't have a good North Easterly View so I had to wait till the comet cleared some tall trees, so in the mean time I decided to have another go at Antares, this time with the 200mm lens.
So here it is. A total of 10 minutes exposure at 1600 ISO.

[Octane (Humayun)]

Andrew,

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!

Are they the comets down the bottom?

Regards,
Humayun

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by Octane

Andrew,

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!

Are they the comets down the bottom?

Regards,
Humayun

No the comets are on another image

Thanks H.

[iceman (Mike)]

Holy cow! 2 beautiful images!

Well done Andrew.

[asimov (John)]

Nice one Andrew!

[asimov (John)]

WOW! That comet pic is a beauty mate! Great stuff!

[h0ughy (David)]

tracking a little bit off, but very nice! That camera is working wonders !

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by h0ughy

tracking a little bit off, but very nice! That camera is working wonders !

Yes you're right Dave, Antares was getting low and I was having balancing problems too. I need more counter weights, and to Polar align might help.