First proper go with Lodestar Live and new Lodestar

[AstroAdam]

Here are my first attempts with my new (well, second hand) Lodestar mono (not X2) and the wonderful Lodestar Live V0.11. All of these taken with my 8" f6 newt with 0.5x Focal Reducer and Baader Neodymium filter.

One thing is obvious - median stacking gives far superior results to sum stacking in my not-too dark skies in the centre of Canterbury.

Absolutely amazed what this little thing can do in conjunction with LL though, and I'm sure things will only improve once I've got used to it. Looking forward to making good use of this at public outreach events with my Astro society.

Cheers!

[AstroAdam]

Oh, by the way, the mount is an heq5 and the shots are unguided.

[HiloDon]

Superb results, Adam! Especially for first attempt. Welcome to the wonderful world of LS+LL.

Don

[Martin Meredith]

Brilliant results, especially at f6 with the less sensitive mono and for the first time out in the centre of Canterbury! Looking forward to seeing more.

Martin

[Stargazer33]

Those are very nice captures, especially for such short subs. Your Lodestar must be very sensitive!

[AstroAdam]

I'm actually really surprised how sensitive it is! Even without any stacking, a 30s exposure picks up an incredible range of objects. With stacking, the situation only improves.

I love the fact that as a live viewing method, you get an almost immediate result, then whilst people are oooohing and aaahing, the image is getting on with improving

[arkosg]

Great shots! Looking forward to your future pics.

Martin - I think he's using f6 and a 0.5 FR (scale seems likely)

Cheers,

Greg

[Dom543]

Nice captures Adam!

What optics are you using? There are so many marketing names, I have hard time figuring out what a Skyliner 200p might be.

Clear Skies!

--Dom

[aparker]

Really nice results!  Which 0.5X reducer are you using?  You are getting a nice coma-free field for F/3!

[AstroAdam]

You know what, I'm not sure. It's unbranded and got from someone else! Will have to ask.

[AstroAdam]

And here are another few from the same session.

Obviously last one is actually the Owl Nebula, not M101 - forgot to change the target details!

What a camera and what a piece of software!