Austin

I too have had the same issue with the lines with my qhy8l, though mine are in a grid formation. I have only just got my ccd and have yet to find out the problem myself. What temperature did you run your camera at, and did you cool it down incrementally? My first thought was thermal shock of the chip? As soon as I get home in a week and a half, I will be investigating further and keepin an eye on your post! Great image by the way

Ther are by astronomyshed and are the first two which pop up if you type in QHY8L into the search box

There is a QHY8L review ( two parts ) on youtube which if I remember, cover the settings with regards to the TEC set point cooling. Hope it helps

I certainly will do bud, Im up tomoz and fri. Fingers crossed for the weather!

Cheers mark, gotta get a couple of naglers yet though.....

It seems that the maplin case is a popular choice!

I also have some 10x50's from lidl, less then 20 quid and great! I'm thinking about getting the celestron 15 x 70's next.