Finally......

The weather has finally broken and the first weekend of clear skies is here. Here are some first draft shots taken from Mornington, Victoria, last night

Trifid and Lagoon nebulae

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The Tarantula nebula in the Great Magellenic Cloud

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The observing site is fairly light polluted so a CLS filer was needed. These are only 30-40 minutes of exposure. Megrez 72 and Canon 450D on the back of the CGE mount.
The new CGE firmware seems to work OK and the new all star alignment allows a polar alignment routine in the southern hemisphere which is good enough for 3-5 minutes unguided.

wow John,I'd bet youre happy now you went to australia, fab shots.
Have you considered removing the red blocking filter on the camera ?

Nice work John.
Looking forward to seeing more of these!

Michael.

Wow!

Magnificent!

But now I'm depressed.....

As someone who once lived in Melbourne I'm feeling 'homesick'.....

Thanks Guys

I have thought about removing the IR filter but I am thinking about getting a dedicated imager at some stage when my finances improve a bit.
For the past few months Melbourne's weather has been similar to Ireland so its hard to get homesick :silly:

Hi John,

Well done your images are very much improving all the time the detail in the images is great

Well done mate.


Carl O'Beirnes,
Balbriggan Observatory (MPC#J09),
Co Dublin,
Ireland.
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