SW130p

Hi as it was clear skies for me tonight I had ago at the comet. Seeing wasn't the best as It could of been but not bad. 

I used a Skywatcher 200 pds on an HEQ5 and a Full Modded Canon 550d. No filters were used so just simple. 

This was 30 sec at Iso 1600 single exposure and edited in Lightroom

That’s what I’m worried about. There will be a lot more of those trails 

2 minutes ago, LongJohn54 said:

I'm getting back into imaging after 18 months off.  The secret is lots of subs then the processing software can eliminate them.

Thanks for the tip. Its so much to take in but one step at a time. 

6 minutes ago, LongJohn54 said:

Ahh, missed them.  I started at 22:45.  Still light twilight before 22:00

Yes it was. You was lucky . I'm not a serious at it just yet I just went out to give it a go, but not sure on the future whether its worth spending more money if all you'll get is those to contend with. 

1 minute ago, LongJohn54 said:

Ooh, I'm on M51.  I'll have to check my subs carefully.

These passed over about 21:36 for your info

1 minute ago, MarkAR said:

Add another 3 parallel streaks to those then six more at 90º.

Exactly

Hi all thought I'd get out and try out for the first time on my 200pds some imaging. I have normally been observing only but with all this free time on lockdown i'd give it a go. so I chose the Whirlpool galaxy M51. It's only a single exposure of 2 1/2 mins with an unmodified 550d. Having set up I began, when the image came up I couldn't believe what I saw. I knew Starlink was visible but not where  I was imaging. I can only dread when they are all up and running! 

Not the best image but gives you an Idea.

My new 200pds next the 130p

Just got my case from maplin and starting my small collection also got a matching one for the other bits

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