Sun 9th Aug. QHY5 first light and first image.

[Leebert]

I picked up a QHY5 yesterday for guiding but couldn't wait for a clear night so I thought I'd try it in the PST. Taken on a HEQ5 mount. Stacked in Registax with a slight tweak of level and a bit of colour. Quite pleased for a first go

Sun 9th August 2012 by MrLeebert, on Flickr

[jnc71106]

That's awesome. Which QHY5 do you have

Well done

[Black Knight]

That's pretty presentable! Did you have to do anything special to mount the QHY5 on the PST?

[Leebert]

It's a standard mono QHY5 (not the v or t). I screwed the nosepiece of a 2x Skywatcher barlow onto the end of the camera and popped it onto the PST. The HEQ5 was roughly pointed North and set to Solar tracking. I processed the 120 second video in Registax and added a touch of colour.

[Montana]

An excellent picture, you must be very happy

Alexandra

[Leebert]

Thank you.

I was quite surprised how well it came out through the little PST. I'll be doing some more experimenting with different barlow lenses and capture settings etc.