Orion Nebulae 09/01/11

Hi

This is a quick pic of the Orion Nebulae from Sun 9th Jan.

It was through my x2 barlow (for focusing reasons), 5 x 10 second exposures at ISO 800 (because of vague polar alignment........ yeah that's about north....).

Only a little playing with levels and curves in photoshop.

jeff.................

well done Jeff. That's great for only 10sec subs. Should look even better with your new 150P.

Should hopefully be picking up the 150p off Rob tonight.

For a quick easy polar allignment use polarfinder, it shows you where to place polaris and I have found it to be very accurate.

Please don't go there shaunster...............

I am having a mare trying to get a polar scope to fit my mount.

See the thread here http://stargazerslounge.com/equipment-help/126725-sky-scan-eq3-2-polar-scope-help.html

Ah I see... Always annoying trying to get parts...

I have that same mount in my garage that I never use, It might even have a polar scope... I will take a peek tomorrow to see what fitting type it is

I think i may have it sussed now.

I have ordered another polar scope from flo and i am gonna make it fit.

The dremel and sand paper has been out to help this work.......lol