Bertha clears the London skies

[nytecam]

A storm force ex-hurricane Bertha swept through UK Friday-Sunday and cleared the skies to an exception degree here in London to maybe record a magnitude or so fainter stars Sunday evening despite a brilliant super [full] moon low in the southeast

Here's some continued DSO shots with the piggybacked Meade 11cm f/4 modded Newt. + SX Lodestar-C camera under SX s/ware control.  I've still to resolve the collimation issue on the little scope and have decentred the target and cropped off the righthand third for good images.

NGC 6781 PN in Aql in 4x30s - piggybacked Meade inset

M27 PN in Vul in 3x60s

M11 OC Scutum in 2x30s

NGC 6704 OC Scutum in 1x30s

Pluto in Sagittarius in 30s and 120s [4x30s] inset - ref Sloan DSS+NASA Horizons

I think the little Meade is punching above its weight - hope pics are of interest

[Martin Meredith]

Hats off to the little Meade. Great colour you're getting in the open clusters too.

Martin

[nytecam]

Hats off to the little Meade. Great colour you're getting in the open clusters too.  Martin

Thanks Martin - another try last night under gibbous moon [in 1ms] and M13 in 2x30s averaged.  Still some focus shift in different scope orientations and some cosmetic fix needed