Moonage

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #1 22-02-2010, 01:09 AM

First light for the RC8.
Nothing flash, but just had to post it.

Canon 20d
iOptron Mini Tower
1/180th sec exposure @ iso100
10 subs stacked in Registax 5
Processed in cs3

sheeny (Al) · #2 22-02-2010, 06:51 AM

Al.

batema (Mark) · #3 22-02-2010, 07:18 AM

Very nice JJJ. Nice scope, you must be thrilled.

Mark

iceman (Mike) · #4 22-02-2010, 07:36 AM

It looks you have some registration errors there Jeanette. What's a single frame look like?

Omaroo (Chris Malikoff) · #5 22-02-2010, 10:30 AM

Agreed Nettie - show us a single frame!

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #6 22-02-2010, 11:34 AM

As requested. One single frame. LOL focus is a bit iffy isn't it.

iceman (Mike) · #7 22-02-2010, 11:54 AM

I'm not sure if it's focus or camera shift/mirror shift/wobble.

1/180th sec should be fast enough to get rid of the wobble but anyway. It's a promising start!

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #8 22-02-2010, 11:58 AM

It would be a combo of focus and wobble. I did have the scope mounted on the TOT. Not the most stable of mounts for a scope of this size.

I'm looking forward to giving the scope a proper work out in a couple of months.

Matt Wastell (Matt) · #9 24-02-2010, 10:29 PM

Great to see your first light images!

RobF (Rob) · #10 24-02-2010, 10:52 PM

Wow - can't wait to see what you come up with now this beast has joined your arsenal JJJ!

Waxing_Gibbous (Peter) · #11 25-02-2010, 02:56 AM

Despite the wobbles, a great start!
You're correct though. An AltAz really isn't a good AP mount.
I'll trump Mike's King and say 1/250-1/500th (no filters).

Good "Scope"
Peter