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I had to throw a grenade in the observatory!, Scott Homstead

I had to throw a grenade in the observatory!

I had to throw a grenade in the observatory!, Scott Homstead

I had to throw a grenade in the observatory!

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It has been a long time since I have been in the observatory.  I finally went out to clean it up, I opened the door and was swarmed by wasps.  I threw a bug bomb in there and waited a day.
I have done very little planetary imaging and I have had this 2x barlow for 15 years and never engaged it, so I moved the 11inch onto the mount and took a stab at Jupiter.  It was only 45 degrees above the horizon and despite the 86 degree temp, 99% humidity and poor transparency and seeing I think this came out very promising for the cooler season.  So this is my first light at 4600 focal length and this ota in the observatory.  I am working on a reducer and OAG image train next.  I still plan on doing plenty of wide view imaging but I wanted to start using the bigger ota again.

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I had to throw a grenade in the observatory!, Scott Homstead