IC 5070 A POOR PELICAN

[CELESCOPE]

Well after 4 months of no DSO imaging , i thought i had better get out and have ago , mainly to see ,if the gear is still working ok , and also have i forgot how to image.

the first disaster was the filter wheel broke ,leaving me with a very loose fitting to the CCD , just kept my fingers crossed on this , then i also forgot a few other things i had to do , wont mention them lol .

Anyway the plan was to get 12x 5 min subs as i could see the weather would not last , and maybe if ok, then add another 6x 10 min subs , lol well we got to 8x 5 mins and that was it , for which 2 were useless with thin cloud cover , so that was my night finished , but pleased at least all seemed to work fine , just need some longer nights now , and NO MOON, LOL , So my work from last night , a noisy Pelican .

Rog

Grrrrrrrr

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[steppenwolf]

Glad to see you out there again Rog and this object is well placed (sadly, so is the Moon this week!)

[qcdougn]

Rog,

You still have the touch....I would be happy with a nice image like this on my best night...

Good to see you out again with the kit. I hope to do the same in a month or so when the summer, hot hazy weather subsides.

Cheers mate.

Doug

[Jeff RV]

Well you ain't lost your touch Rog, nice focus, great capture, definitely one to be proud of.

Jeff.

[LostNSpace]

Capturing something is better than nothing Rog.....

Its still a good image even with all the problems you had......

Mark

[Paxo]

Good effort Roger. These problems only occur when you've 'dabbled' in the 'other side'. Is the filter wheel a gonner or is it repairable?

Steve

[CELESCOPE]

Hi Steve , well i have kinda repaired it , but have a new one from Bern on the way , i need some quality clear skies now ,need to get back into imaging again , its catch up time lol

Rog

[Paxo]

KNow that feeling, just weaiting to see if the high cloud clears here up north. I got a Supaslim 8 position true technology wheel from Bern a few weeks ago, excellent pieces of kit, just need time to use in anger (had two aborted attempts due to cloud), it all seems to work in the light!

Here's to clear skies.

Steve..