First light with new telescope

[gost]

Finally I got first light with my new telescope, a Sky-Watcher Esprit 100. First target was NGC 9662 and in total I got 3 hours and 30 minutes of data from one night. In total I got 42 subs with 300 seconds taken with my Nikon D810A and a Astronomik UHC clip-in filter, all mounted on my Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ5 GT. Guiding and exposures was all controlled with my ASIAir Pro. Stacking and calibration was done in PixInsight and final touches in Photoshop.

Edited August 26, 2020 by gost

[MarkAR]

A great start for the Esprit 100, lovely image.

[melsmore]

Excellent first light. Well done.

[Ouroboros]

Fantastic first light image. Do you use or need a field flattener with that scope? 

Edited August 26, 2020 by Ouroboros

[Slingshot]

Gost - that image is heart warming when i saw it- great stuff!! 

 

[Sunshine]

Beautiful capture, love the image of the scope too, with Big Dipper in background.

[newbie alert]

Looks like a winner.. love the esprit, I have its smaller brother!

[gost]

15 hours ago, Ouroboros said:

Fantastic first light image. Do you use or need a field flattener with that scope? 

Thanks. Yes, I use the Sky-Watcher flattener. 

[gost]

Thanks guys for your comments. I'm still learning how to process data from the UHC filter, narrowband imaging is new to me.