Saturn with the asi174MM COOLED

[stepping beyond]

I started out finally with lower heat and humidity just before the Huricane was supposed to hit Florida . My  asi174MM cooled , 5x + t- ring , 8 in astrograph/newt and Meade lxd55 mount had its 1st really pleasant night imaging since Summer in the Carolinas , imaging 3  different objects in 1 session . Shooting from tree city USA isn't the greatest but, I don't travel due to my condition and without an observatory it's a challenge every night . All mono with my do it all "WORKHOARSE" camera. Saturn , ngc 869 & 884 "double cluster" -10c @ 56s and I think it's crater Alphonsus, I wanted to collect some more data on m31 but, she hadn't cleared the lightdome until 2am and I wasn't waiting  , 1.5 hrs.  trying to get my guiding to cooperate after aligning 4 times over the 6 hrs I was out. I usually only align and then precision align for each target over a night but, it just wasn't having it this night.

[Pete Presland]

Lovely set of images. 

[stepping beyond]

I love the fact that this camera tests and performs well with  many objects in our night sky , I'm  getting better results with the lower humidity , Summer nights aren't good for imaging anything . Pete these are some of the better ones taken that night. Sometimes it's a win , win and sometimes just crap. I chalk it all up to LE.