NGC1893 in Ha

[MikeD]

Hi all.

Conditions where not good last night ( haze turning the sky orange ) but I could see a few stars and I wanted to try out My 80Ed with my 0.5 atik focal reducer set at 0.74 (by bringing the FR closer to the CCD) and I had a friend around who wanted to play.

The result was 8 @ 10 Min's before the cloud cover thickend too much to guide.

80Ed with a Focal ratio of f5.53.

Pleased with the FR in this new position , Still some coma but much better stars at the edge than when it was set at 0.5.

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As for the image........ it's a little noisy and the contrast was killed a little by the conditions, looking forward to a go at the horsehead with this fov now.

Mike.

[barkis]

Good result Mike, Especially if you were combatting sky conditions. The tadpoles are visible anyway.

Good luck with The Horsehead when you get to it.

Ron.

[steppenwolf]

A nice FOV and a good result despite the conditions - it was misty last night.

[CELESCOPE]

You still picked up a lot of detail Mike and yes it was bad up there last night , for me i was happy as i was at a wedding , and the sky was clear when i went , but looked out and saw how it was , kinda made me pleased , but sorry for you guys .

Rog