Hi all
Here's my first image from SPSP, taken on the Friday night from about 9pm till about midnight when smoke came and blotted out the sky. Drift aligning took a little longer than usual because my compass didn't know where South was, but my first photons were being captured by 9pm so I was pretty happy with that.
I'd been using ISO400 and 5 minute exposures at home to preserve star colour, and for some reason at SPSP I decided to use ISO800 and do 6 minute exposures. As a result, most of the stars have lost their colour
Anyway this image is 13x 6 minute exposures @ ISO800, darks ICNR and flats calibrated.
Taken with the unmodded Canon 350D and WO 0.8x reducer through the ED80. Guided with the DMK and PHD.
Attached is an 800px version - a 1200px less compressed version is on the page below (click image to see it):
NGC3628, M65 and M66 - The Leo Triplet
It's my first image of this trio as I can't see it from home due to trees. These subs were taken when the object was between 30 and 40deg altitude (it transits at 42°). I'd love to see them up high! Focus was slightly off too, I was in a hurry to start capturing and should've double-checked
Thanks for looking.