M74 on a windy night

[centroid]

What a beautiful clear sky last night, but what a wind to go with it

Having a 'roll-off-roof' obsy, I really struggled with the windy conditions, and ended up with the obsy floor covered in leaves.

However, when it comes to clear skies, "waste not want not, so I left the 'dew shield' off to reduce the effect of the strong wind, and had a go at M74.

Quite a small one this, and not too bright, at mag 9+. Not the best result, but better than none at all.

12" LX200R + f/6.3 FR, SXVF-H9C and 15x600 sec subs.

Dave

[qcdougn]

Wow Dave, nice image under any condition. I had thought about trying this one until I saw details of your Kit and the time involved. It might be too small & faint for my 8" in Alt/Az. You have a really nice capture of a Spiral.

Doug

[CELESCOPE]

Blimey thats a close up one Dave , real deep as well , spirals look great showing even greater detail , and ona windy night ,,heck you must have been rocking and a rolling down there ,it was bad for me in the Dome,

Great image Dave worth the time out .

Rog

[markcol]

Lovely shot of the face-on spiral structure Dave.

Glad to see it was only the wind rather than the tide surge affecting you last night.

Regards

MarkC

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

Stunning Dave, you're making the 'scope pay for itself now mate, really paying off.

Kaptain Klevtsov

[centroid]

Glad to see it was only the wind rather than the tide surge affecting you last night.

Near the East Coast I might be Mark, but up at 160 ft ASL, which is a akin to a mountain in Suffolk.

Dave

[jcm]

Nice detailed image.

I took one look outside last night and came straight back in again

John

[MartinB]

Nice work Dave and a tough target just right for your set up.