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Celestron NexStar
5i
F6.3 EQ Mode on Wedge
MX916 CCD camera - Autoguiding the NexStar 5i mount
December 22-23, 2003
Another night
of quantity over quality but... it was also the first night where I used remote
control (see http://www.astrogeeks.com/
and check out hcAnywhere) so I was inside and the scope was outside all night.
It was difficult to control myself so I hit a lot of objects and couldn't seem
to get myself to stick with one for very long. I ran all night and didn't hit
the base until after 5 AM, and I'd have to guess it was due to my 7AH battery
getting low, giving me a runaway slew.
M46 is pretty
cool as there is a little cheerio of the M57 ring nebula sort in it called NGC
2438. I'd like to do more imaging in the Virgo cluster as having a bunch of
galaxies in a single field of view is pretty amazing. M101 -- well, I really
need to rework that one. It is pretty awful.
It was nice to
be inside during the cold weather. But not running out to see the scope and
set up a new shot did make it a much less personal thing. It could have been
anyone's scope out there... you know, those rent-a-scope situations. Part of
the fun for me is messing with equipment. Remote operation has been a dream
for a long time. But now I know I can do it (I set up a week later and it was
pretty ho-hum to me) so I have to think of what I'd like to do next.
- Better wedge.
- Learn and take
the time to do a closer polar alignment.
- autoguiding
- learn to shoot
at F10 if it is possible
- stop hating
planetary imaging and learn to do it properly
- maybe learn
more about image processing -- beyond histograms and curves
- install a pier
somewhere
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CometLinearC2002T7SUM.JPG
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M101AIP.jpg
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M36_5x60sMedian.JPG
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M42_700sMED.jpg
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M46_5x60sMED.JPG
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M47_4x60sMED.JPG
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M50_9x30_6x60sMED.JPG
500 x 365 pixels |
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M66_M65_10x60sMEDIAN.JPG
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M67_7x60MED.jpg
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M84_M86_NGC4387_Take2_4x60.JPG
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