First stab at guiding

[Parallax]

Well, that went fairly smoothly. It took a bit of persuading to get all the kit talking to the computer and then the clouds rolled in (as usual). That's why I only managed to get 3 decent subs. Nevertheless, it was still a WOW moment when the first image popped up on the screen.

Atik on the Explorer, webcam guiding on the ST80 with PHD, 3 x 120s subs stacked in DSS, minor tweak in PS CS2.

Now that I have had a trial run, I will go for longer subs next time.

Steve

[Plastic chicken]

I remember the first night i got my guiding sorted it felt fantastic!!! Your imaging can only get better now, longer subs are the way to go!!! Well done, not a bad image tbh either!!!

PC

[Parallax]

Thanks for that, PC.

I just had a look at your NGC7000 - that's something to aspire to.

Steve

[AlphaTau]

Hey Steve I saw your images from the other day, and to me (I know nowt' BTW ), this looks excellent. Much more crispness.

Nice one

Andrew

[Paxo]

Congratulations Steve, lots of detail, nice round stars, you've cracked it :hello1: .

Steve..

[Sam]

Very nice indeed! well done on getting the guiding going - I aspire to that one day!

[barkis]

Well done Steve, that M51 looks superb. You are on the launchpad now mate.

Ron.

[steppenwolf]

Well done, Steve, 120 second subs., good shaped stars, you should be very pleased with that

[ncjunk]

Nice photo and guiding, looking forward to seeing some more now! (no pressure)

NC

[MartinB]

Lovely image Steve. Shows the benefit of guiding. Certainly one of the great moments when you run a longer exposure and everything comes out looking non streaky

[narrowbandpaul]

great 'firstguide' image. I think we all remeber that eureka moment. Now you can get longer subs as u said, and take stunning images...ps nice M51 by the way

well done

Paul

[Parallax]

Thanks everyone, for your encouragement.

I was getting a little disillusioned with webcam imaging, but now that I have got the 'proper' kit it's a whole new ball game. And I can't believe that the skies are clear again tonight - I must be in someones good books.

Steve

[MikeD]

Result. :D :D

Mike.

[Whippy]

You've got to love guiding, I'm still playing the 'how long can I do one exposure' game . So far I've got up to 10 minutes before I chickened out!

Tony..

[Tim]

Nice one. You should be able to pull of some great pics now if this oen is anything to go by!!

TJ