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[raymo]

first post for a while. 13 x 60 secs @ ISO 1600.
raymo

[John W (John Wilkinson)]

Hi Raymo,
That pic came out well. Cheers, John W

[raymo]

Thanks John, took an hour to get those few subs between clouds.
raymo

[skysailor (Peter)]

Very nice shot,
cheers

[blink138 (Pat)]

what raymo?............ this not a repro haha, sorry mate just having a lend!
nice NEW pic there fella!
is your mount behaving itself now?
pat

[traveller (Bo)]

Good work Raymo, nice details shown.
Bo

[raymo]

Thanks Peter, Bo, and Pat; and no Pat, it's not behaving itself. I spent
an hour and a quarter of being told to make nonsensical adjustments
when using Canopus and Fomalhaut, and then when I tried Sirius and
Achernar it did a flawless alignment in five iterations. I SO wish that I could leave it set up.
raymo

[Robert9 (Robert)]

Hi Raymo,
You beat me to it by a few hours. (see my next post above.) Lovely image, I like the bright stars though perhaps a bit much - dunno??
Like you, I also wish I could leave everything set up. Should have started the hobby 50+ years ago.
Robert

[glend (Glen)]

Nice shot Raymo. The star diffraction spikes in the upper left hand corner have me puzzled, was there something hanging in the light path?

[raymo]

Thanks Glen. The double spikes seem to be only on the one star. The right hand spike seems to be bent at the top, so I have no idea what it could be. I have had double spikes in the past when there has been misalignment during stacking. There was nothing in the light path.

raymo