Saturday

[Ant]

Right Guys, according to the weather men (and they are never wrong) my next clear night is Saturday. The moon will be rising at around 8:30 but I should be able to get an hour in before that and maybe carry on for a little after that as well...

The plan of action is to use the scope (my primary goal) I want to use the 300D with the new LP Filter and Fringe Killer (supposed to be great when used together) on the ST102. I then plan to guide manually using a 12mm illuminated EP.

My aim is to take 1 min, 2 min, 3 min, 4 min and 5 min exposures while manually guiding, and compare the images. Once I've found the optimum (IMO) exposure I'm going to take as many as I can get, and then stack em!

My target for the night is going to be M31. I've always wanted a good image of M31 and it's something I've never managed to get yet!

Ant

BTW does anyone actually think that it may be clear saturday?

[daz]

Well, it certainly looks to be improving, so fingers crossed for you buddy!

It seems ages since anyone has had a real clear night, so it would be good to get some time in!

If it is clear, I will concentrate on Mars as I have not been able to get an image since my first attempt, and it's now getting HUGE.

[OXO]

Best of luck with M31 Ant should be interesting to see how your filters work out and the guiding your doing.

As to a Clear night my fingers are crossed for everyone.

James

[CELESCOPE]

yes good luck Ant , but everytime they say a clear night its always cloudy , but i shall pray this time they are right , i need to get out myself as well ,

Cheers

Rog