IC5070 Pelican

[laser_jock99]

Massive problems with dew on the optics Saturday night- so much so I gave up after a few hours. I put THREE dew zapper bands on the ED80 guide scope and still had problems. Then the secondary mirror on the Newtonian succumbed so I had to stop.

Anyway- my only image from the session suffered from interupted guiding, dew haloes and a collimation issue (sometimes you have to know when to call it quits for the night....)

IC5070 Pelican Nebula, Cygnus- 16 x 300s, 6" F2.9 GSO Newtonian, Fuji IS Pro DSLR @ ISO800/3200.

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[StargeezerTim]

Crikey....character forming innit!  

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Hats off for hanging in there! Still a decent Pelican

[laudropb]

Very nice image, especially considering your difficulties.