2nd go at M51

[Kirscovitch]

Taken on Friday night. 17x15 second subs with 10 darks at 6400iso.

Polar alignment was pretty poor so I shortened the exposers and cranked the ISO. Would have liked more light frames but it was towards the end of the night and the moon was rising and clouds were rolling in. All things considered I am pretty happy with it but also know that there is still room for improvement.

[Alien 13]

Nice one, you look to have got the hang of this imaging lark well done.

Alan

[Kirscovitch]

Still getting used to my new mount and in the near future I think I will try drift alignment and most likely get into guiding in a year or so. As of now I am going to stick with a level of AP that I find fun. As soon as it starts getting frustrating and I feel stressed I back off and go back to something I find simple like imaging the moon. 

This hobby has taught me a lot in the last few months. Like patience  .  

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Nice shot!

[Alien 13]

I like simple AP too i just plonk my mount down polar align and can be imaging in a few mins this limits me to a max of 2 min subs but i can get a lot of data with just 30-60 seconds so it is fun.

Alan