First light with 200PDS

[Jerry Barnes]

My first attempt resulted in enough cloud to make tracking impossible so this is the first usable image.  M33 or Triangulum, 5 hours of which I used 80% Stacked in DSS for speed and then pixinsight, I’ll add more data when the clouds go….  I don’t seem to have got much colour but I’ll look at that later, super pixel mode shouldn’t make a difference according to the documentation.  I've probably also got a back focus issue so thats something else to look at.

Anyway I’m satisfied enough for the first go.

The scope and mount add up to a fair weight so I made a little trolly for it.  Now I can wheel it out of the garage almost ready to go.  The weight is all on the wheels so the frame doesn’t need to be sophisticated.