I finally got my remote set-up working. It took a while to get set-up and then wind cut the imaging session short, I did get some data. I'm not sure if I'll be able to get more this year, so here is a very data-poor shot of the Spiral Galaxy in Leo.
NGC 3628 is one of the galaxies in the
Leo Triplet. It has a great dust band facing us, and very nice, bright guide star in just the right location for my scope and camera set-up.
This is a mere 50 minutes total exposure time. 25 minutes luminance unbinned, 10 minutes red and green binned 2x2, and 5 minutes (only one image was usable) of blue also binned 2x2. The wind caught me at about 12:15 and I had to stop imaging at that point. This has led to a noisy image without too much detail. But given the constraints, I am not unhappy with it. It is also the first CCD image I've taken in quite a while.
I also had a
heck of a time with the remote set-up. I am spoiled by the permanent set-up I have in town.
But the skies are much darker out in the Anza valley.
A
full sized shot and processing details are available on my site.
Thanks for looking.
--Andy