Esprit 100 First Light: Eagle and Swan (Brian Boyle)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Serpens (Ser) · Contains: Checkmark Nebula · Eagle Nebula · IC 4703 · IC 4706 · IC 4707 · LBN 57 · LBN 59 · LBN 60 · LBN 62 · LBN 64 · LBN 67 · LBN 68 · LDN 357 · LDN 359 · LDN 380 · Lobster Nebula · M 16 · M 17 · NGC 6605 · NGC 6611 · NGC 6618 · Sh2-45 · Sh2-47 · Sh2-48 · Sh2-49 · Star Queen · Star Queen nebula · Swan Nebula · omega Nebula

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Esprit 100 First Light: Eagle and Swan

My long awaited Esprit 100 arrived on Saturday and, with only scattered cloud and 2hours before moonrise, I chanced my arm with first light on Sunday evening. Starting simple with the Eagle and Swan nebulae.

Due to time pressure, I probably didn't spend long enough on focus, but did achieve 2-2.5pix over the impressively flat field across my Canon 5D full frame sensor. With cloud coming and going I only got 90min on the target, but I am still very happy with this first light image.

Out of the box, this telescope is amazing to use. Now I need to get a Bahtinov mask to help improve that focus.

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RA (center)	18h18m54s.28
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RA (top/right)	18h13m15s.23
RA (bottom/right)	18h23m06s.32
RA (bottom/left)	18h24m29s.44

Dec (center)	-14°51′21″.5
Dec (top/left)	-12°58′37″.6
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Dec (bottom/right)	-16°44′04″.6
Dec (bottom/left)	-13°12′24″.9

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