Better result last night

[RobertI]

Hi all,

I had a better session last night after the disaster the night before. The goto worked flawlessly putting the image on the chip every time, all the software worked perfectly, just click on object in Stellarium, hear the telescope slew and watch the image appear on the screen, then tease out the detail with LL. Great fun!

Tracked down four objects on my Caldwell list all using the RC6 at F9 as most objects were quite small. The Cats Eye Nebula and the Blinking Planetary were very bright requiring only one second exposures to show the detail (any more and the detail seemed to get burned out), and as Don suggested should be possible to view more detail with a barlow. All captures taken under a full moon. I didn't try the Ha filter with the 60mm scope, will try that next time. Results below:

Comments and advice always appreciated.

Rob 

[xtreemchaos]

nice set of images mate,well done.thanks for posting. charl.

[Martin Meredith]

Hi Rob

Very nice captures of difficult subjects (in my experience) -- great Bowtie and your Cat's Eye is far better than anything I've managed, and I've tried a few times. You're right about some PNs being too bright to get any detail. A longer FL seems the way forward.

Martin

[James s]

Very nice i am a long way off getting images as good as yours But i will keep at it

[orion25]

Great results, Rob! I'm glad you had such a productive night (and FUN). I always love your images 

Cheers,

Reggie

[Dom543]

I particularly like your Bubble with all those nice round stars!

It's incredible at f9, full moon and no filters.

--Dom

[RobertI]

Thanks for the kind words folks. Looking forward to lots more as the nights draw in.

[fondofchips]

Nice set of pictures, not got that far yet, cloud has delayed practice!

[SimonfromSussex]

Excellent pics, amazing you could do this with a full moon!

It always seems to be clear when the moon is out and it washes out any visual work :-(

This is very inspiring as a way to make use of those nights.

[laudropb]

Very nice set of images. Nice to see some of the more unusual targets.

[MattJenko]

Excellent to see the RC up and running. It's a cool scope. And at F9 as well. Everything looks spot on, with nice star shapes and I'm a bit upset the blinking isn't blinking

[f15p5]

Excellent images, nice setup you have there...

[Paul81]

Very nice! If I ever get my mount working again I'll be trying the RC6 at full focal length! Certainly proves some objects just need that extra focal length to bring out the best in them!